painuksissa

Finnish

Etymology

The inessive plural of painua (“to sink, droop”) +‎ -ksi-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɑi̯nuksisːɑ/, [ˈpɑ̝i̯nukˌs̠is̠ːɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -isːɑ
• Hyphenation^(key): pai‧nuk‧sis‧sa

Adverb

painuksissa

1. (of state) drooping

   päät painuksissa ― crestfallen

   Menimme otteluun voitonvarmoina, mutta tulimme takaisin päät painuksissa.

   We were sure of victory as we went to the match but returned with our heads drooping. / We were sure of victory as we went to the match but returned crestfallen.

Inflection

→○	illative	painuksiin
○	inessive	painuksissa
○→	elative	painuksista

Further reading

• “painuksissa”, 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