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lossiksi

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Finnish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈlosːiksi/, [ˈlo̞s̠ːiks̠i]
  • Rhymes: -osːiksi
  • Hyphenation(key): los‧sik‧si

Etymology 1

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From Swedish loss (in the verb phrase kasta loss).

Adverb

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lossiksi

  1. lyödä lossiksi, heittää lossiksi: to give up, to stop trying
    Heitin diettiini lossiksi ja pian painoin taas yli 90 kiloa.
    I gave up my diet and soon I weighed more than 200 pounds again.
Synonyms
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Etymology 2

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Noun

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lossiksi

  1. translative singular of lossi

Further reading

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