upoksiin
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Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]The illative plural of uppo with the interfix -ksi-.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adverb
[edit]upoksiin (not comparable)
- sunken, submerged, under water (to the state of being under water or other liquid)
- Synonyms: uppeluksiin, veden alle (“under water”)
- Kirkko joutui upoksiin, kun tekoallas rakennettiin.
- The church was left under the water when the reservoir was built.
Inflection
[edit]→○ | illative | upoksiin |
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○ | inessive | upoksissa |
○→ | elative | upoksista |
Further reading
[edit]- “upoksiin”, 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 2023-07-04