tohkeissaan
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inessive plural of *tohke- with a possessive suffix, of sound-symbolic origin[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈtohkei̯sːɑːn/, [ˈt̪o̞xk̟e̞i̯s̠ːɑ̝ːn]
- Rhymes: -ohkeisːɑːn
- Hyphenation(key): toh‧keis‧saan
Adverb
[edit]tohkeissaan
- enthusiastic, enthusiastically, excited, excitedly, (colloquially) jazzed up [with elative ‘about’]
- Olin siitä aivan tohkeissani.
- I was so excited about it.
- "Pitäkää kiinni!", hän huusi tohkeissaan.
- "Hang on!", he shouted excitedly.
Inflection
[edit]| Personal/possessive forms of tohkeissaan | ||
|---|---|---|
| no possessor | — | |
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | tohkeissani | tohkeissamme |
| 2nd person | tohkeissasi | tohkeissanne |
| 3rd person | tohkeissaan tohkeissansa | |
Synonyms
[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]- “tohkeissaan”, 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