haista

From Proto-Finnic *haistak. Related to Estonian haistma, Ingrian haissa (“to stink, to smell”), Livvi haižuo (“to stink”), Veps haišta and Votic aizõa (“to stink, to smell”).

haista

1. (intransitive) to smell (like = ablative or allative), to have a smell/scent/odor; to stink

   Nämä kukat haisevat hyviltä.

   These flowers smell good.

   Hyi, miten tämä huone haisee (pahalta)!

   Yuck, this room stinks!

2. (figuratively) to smell like, stink, reek of

   Täällä haisee raha.

   This place reeks of money.

The word tuoksu (“smell”) and its derivatives are often associated with pleasant odors and haju (“smell”) with unpleasant ones, but the distinction is not clear-cut. There is also löyhkä (“stench”) which is always unpleasant.

• (to smell, have a smell): tuoksua

• (to stink, smell bad): tuoksua

• adjectives: haiseva, hajuton
• nouns: haju, haisti
• verbs: momentane haiskahtaa, causative haistaa, factitive causative haistattaa

• haisu
• haaska (“carcass”)

See the etymology of the main entry.

haista

1. Indicative present connegative form of haistaa.
2. Second-person singular imperative present form of haistaa.
3. Second-person singular imperative present connegative form of haistaa.

haista

1. Elative singular form of hai.
2. Elative plural form of hai.

• hitsaa, sihtaa