levällään

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Finnish

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Etymology

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The adessive of the stem levä-, from Proto-Finnic *levä- (compare Karelian levälläh, Votic levällää). Probably related to leveä, but it is not clear whether leveä is derived from the stem, or if the stem is a back-formation.

Pronunciation

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Adverb

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levällään

  1. wide open
    silmät levälläänwide-eyed
    kädet levälläänpalms open
  2. outstretched
  3. spread around, spread out
  4. in bits and pieces

Inflection

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→○ allative levälleen
adessive levällään
○→ ablative

Derived terms

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compounds

Further reading

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