polvillaan

Finnish

Etymology

The adessive plural of polvi (polvilla) with a possessive suffix.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpolʋilːɑːn/, [ˈpo̞lʋilːɑ̝ːn]
  • Rhymes: -olʋilːɑːn
  • Syllabification(key): pol‧vil‧laan
  • Hyphenation(key): pol‧vil‧laan

Adverb

polvillaan

  1. on one's knees

Inflection

→○ allative polvilleen
adessive polvillaan
○→ ablative polviltaan
Personal/possessive forms of polvillaan
no possessor
possessor singular plural
1st person polvillani polvillamme
2nd person polvillasi polvillanne
3rd person polvillaan
polvillansa

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