lumisotasilla

Finnish

Etymology

The adessive plural of lumisota (“snowball fight”) with the interfix -si-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlumiˌsotɑsilːɑ/, [ˈlumiˌs̠o̞t̪ɑ̝ˌs̠ilːɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ilːɑ
• Hyphenation^(key): lumi‧sota‧sil‧la

Adverb

lumisotasilla (dated)

1. playing a snowball fight

   olla lumisotasilla ― to play snowball fight, to snowball

Synonyms

(to play snowball fight):

• leikkiä lumisotaa
• olla lumisotaa (colloquial)

See also

• lumisotasille

Further reading

• “lumisotasilla”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03