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se

Pronunciation: /ˈse/

“se” is a Finnish word. Its 6 meanings in English:

pronoun

  1. that (compare tuo, see usage notes)
  2. the one (who, what, which) (always with a relative clause)
  3. he, she, one, they sg (of a human being; gender-neutral)

determiner

  1. the (as a definite article; see the usage notes below)

interjection

  1. here you go; an encouragement to take something, usually something that is being handed over.
  2. an encouragement to an animal to eat (food)

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *se, either from Proto-Uralic *śe or Proto-Finno-Permic *śej. For plural forms, see etymology of ne. The variation in inflectional stems (se-, si-, sii-) dates back to at least Late Proto-Finnic; see the Proto-Finnic entry for more.

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