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Päivän sana - kostea (humid, moist) (sopuli.xyz)
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Etymology

Equivalent to kostaa +‎ -ea. Sense contaminated by the family of kastaa; see kostua for more.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkosteɑ/, [ˈko̞s̠te̞ɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -osteɑ
  • Syllabification(key): kos‧te‧a
  • Hyphenation(key): kos‧tea

Adjective

kostea (comparative kosteampi, superlative kostein)

  1. moist, humid, damp, wet (with high humidity or some liquid, but not completely impregnated)
  2. (of an event, period etc.) boozy (involving large consumption of alcohol)

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