menemään

Finnish

Etymology

The adverb sense developed from literal uses of the verb form in phrases such as lähteä menemään (“to leave; to go away”, literally “to leave to go”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmenemæːn/, [ˈme̞ne̞mæːn]
  • Rhymes: -enemæːn
  • Syllabification(key): me‧ne‧mään
  • Hyphenation(key): me‧ne‧mään

Adverb

menemään (not comparable) (informal)

  1. (of result) away (removed from one's possession)
    Synonym: pois
    Heitä se pöytä menemään. ― Throw that table away.

Usage notes

Mainly used with verbs like heittää and viskata (“to throw, toss”).

Verb

menemään

  1. illative of third active infinitive of mennä
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