piloillaan
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]The adessive plural of pila (“joke”) (piloilla) with a possessive suffix.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈpiloi̯lːɑːn/, [ˈpilo̞i̯lːɑ̝ːn]
- Rhymes: -iloilːɑːn
- Hyphenation(key): pi‧loil‧laan
Adverb
[edit]piloillaan
- in jest (as a joke)
- Hän vain yritti piloillaan matkia toisten liikkeitä.
- He only tried to mimic the other's movements in jest.
- Yritin vain piloillani matkia sinun liikkeitäsi.
- I only tried to mimic your movements in jest.
Inflection
[edit]| Personal/possessive forms of piloillaan | ||
|---|---|---|
| no possessor | — | |
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | piloillani | piloillamme |
| 2nd person | piloillasi | piloillanne |
| 3rd person | piloillaan piloillansa | |
Further reading
[edit]- “piloillaan”, 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