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ITE-taiteilija
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Finnish
Etymology
fi ITE taiteilija artist; the first component is an initialism of fi itse tehty elämä self-made life, also likely chosen due to its similarity with fi ite, a common dialectal or colloquial form of the pronoun fi itse (by one)self.
Pronunciation
ite-taiteilija
Noun
fi art strictly Finnish contemporary folk artist, fi ITE-taide artist
fi art broadly outsider artist untrained artist who works outside the mainstream
Declension
ITE-taiteilij a
Related terms
fi ITE-taide