lytyssä
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inessive of lytty-, of sound-symbolic origin[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Adverb
[edit]lytyssä
- flattened, squeezed between something or collapsed, but still in one piece.
- Hänen silinterinsä oli lytyssä, koska hänen seuralaisensa istui vahingossa sen päälle.
- His top hat was flattened, because his companion had accidentally sat on it.
Usage notes
[edit]This word looks as if it was inessive of the word lytty, but such word does not exist.
Inflection
[edit]| →○ | illative | lyttyyn |
|---|---|---|
| ○ | inessive | lytyssä |
| ○→ | elative | – |
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words][1] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSA 1992–2000"), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN
Further reading
[edit]- “lytyssä”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][2] (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