epä-

See also: epa, EPa, EPA, and æpa

Finnish

Etymology

  • Originally active present participle (-pä) of the negative verb stem *e-; see ei.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: e‧pä
  • IPA(key): /ˈepæ/

Prefix

epä-

  1. Used to invert the meaning of a word. English counterparts include in-, non-, un- (in some cases mis-, mal-).
    selvä (clear) – epäselvä (unclear)

Derived terms

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