päällitse
Finnish
Etymology
päällä (“on top of”) + -itse (“by the way of”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpæːlːitseˣ/, [ˈpæːlːits̠e̞(ʔ)]
- Rhymes: -æːlːitse
- Syllabification(key): pääl‧lit‧se
- Hyphenation(key): pääl‧lit‧se
Postposition
päällitse [with genitive] (uncommon)
- over, above (by the way of going over or above something)
- 1938, The Holy Bible, Acts 27:14:
- Mutta ennen pitkää syöksyi saaren päällitse raju tuuli, niin sanottu koillismyrsky.
- But before very long there rushed down from the land a violent wind, called Euraquilo.
Usage notes
This word is used rather seldom. As an example, the synonym ylitse gets 300 times as many Google hits.
See also
Further reading
- “päällitse”, 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