nukuksiin

Finnish

Etymology

The illative plural of nukkua (“to sleep”) +‎ -ksi-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnukuksiːn/, [ˈnukuks̠iːn]
  • Rhymes: -ukuksiːn
  • Syllabification(key): nu‧kuk‧siin
  • Hyphenation(key): nu‧kuk‧siin

Adverb

nukuksiin

  1. asleep (to a state of sleep)
    Itkin itseni nukuksiin.
    I wept myself asleep.

Inflection

→○ illative nukuksiin
○ inessive nukuksissa
○→ elative –

Further reading

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