kahju

From Proto-Finnic *kaiho. Cognate with Finnish kaiho (“longing, sadness, saudade”), Livonian ka'i, Votic kaiho, Ingrian kaiho (“complaint”), Karelian kaiho (“problem”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑhju/, [ˈkɑhjü]

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• Rhymes: -ɑhju
• Hyphenation: kah‧ju

kahju (genitive kahju, partitive kahju or kahjut)

1. harm, damage

   Temast on rohkem kahju kui kasu. ― He does more harm than good.

   Külm tegi õunapuudele kahju. ― The frost damaged the apple trees.

   Antonym: kasu

   1. loss, damage (material loss, diminution or destruction of property)

      Ettevõtte kahju oli üle saja tuhande euro.

      The company suffered losses of more than one hundred thousand euros.

2. a pity, a shame, sorry (dissatisfaction, feeling sad about sth) (+ elative case)

   Mul on kahju, et nii läks. ― I'm sorry that this happened.

   Kahju raisatud ajast. ― What a waste of time.

   Kahju on sõpradest lahkuda. ― It's a shame to leave your friends.

   Väga kahju, et sa eile ei tulnud. ― Too bad you didn't show up yesterday.

   1. sympathy for somebody else's sadness, accidents, bad situations

      Mul on sinust südamest kahju. ― My heart goes out to you. / I feel very sorry for you.

      Kahju nendest, kes sellise ilmaga peavad teele minema. ― I pity those who have to hit the road in such weather.

      Tüdruk oli nii õnnetu näoga, et mul hakkas temast päris kahju. ― The girl had such a sad face that I felt sorry for her.

As mentioned above, the partitive singular form can also be kahju.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑhju/, [ˈkɑxju]
• Rhymes: -ɑhju
• Syllabification^(key): kah‧ju

kahju (comparative kahjumpi, superlative kahjuin)

1. (colloquial) Alternative form of kahjo

kahju

1. (colloquial) Alternative form of kahjo