levällään

Finnish

Etymology

The adessive of the stem levä- with a possessive suffix, from Proto-Finnic *levä- (compare Karelian levälläh, Votic levällää), possibly borrowed from Proto-Germanic [Term?] (compare Old Norse ljá).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈleʋælːæːn/, [ˈle̞ʋælːæːn]
  • Rhymes: -eʋælːæːn
  • Syllabification(key): le‧väl‧lään
  • Hyphenation(key): le‧väl‧lään

Adverb

levällään

  1. (of state) stretched wide; wide open, outstretched
    silmät levällään ― wide-eyed
    kädet levällään ― palms open
  2. (of state) spread around, spread out, scattered, in bits and pieces

Inflection

→○ allative levälleen
○ adessive levällään
○→ ablative –

Derived terms

compounds

Further reading

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