maissa
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmɑi̯sːɑ/, [ˈmɑ̝i̯s̠ːɑ̝]
- Rhymes: -ɑisːɑ
- Syllabification(key): mais‧sa
- Hyphenation(key): mais‧sa
Noun
maissa
- inessive plural of maa
- in port (as opposed to at sea)
- Mennään heti hotelliin kun olemme maissa.
- Let's go to the hotel right away once we're in port.
Postposition
maissa [with genitive]
- around, thereabout (near that time)
- Saavuimme kello kahden maissa iltapäivällä.
- We arrived around two o'clock in the afternoon.
- Päivällinen on valmis puoli seitsemän maissa.
- Dinner will be ready at 6:30 or thereabout.
Derived terms
compounds
Further reading
- “maissa”, 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 3 July 2023
Anagrams
Occitan
Alternative forms
- maissèla
Etymology
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Pronunciation
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Languedoc /ˈmajso/
Noun
maissa f (plural maissas)