solkenaan
Appearance
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From solki + -na + -an, by confusion with solkea, which is a variant of solea.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adverb
[edit]solkenaan
- continuously and in large quantity
- Vettä tuli solkenaan.
- The rain poured down.
- Hän puhui solkenaan koko illan.
- She blabbed continuously all the evening.
Further reading
[edit]- “solkenaan”, 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