tekeillä
Finnish
Etymology
The adessive plural of tehdä (“to make”) + -e.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtekei̯lːæ/, [ˈt̪e̞k̟e̞i̯lːæ]
- Rhymes: -ekeilːæ
- Syllabification(key): te‧keil‧lä
- Hyphenation(key): te‧keil‧lä
Adverb
tekeillä
- (of state) in the making (in the process of being made)
Usage notes
Other similar formations (from -e derivatives, some of which may not exist as independent nouns):
- kehittää (“to develop”) → kehitteillä (“under development”)
- perustaa (“to found, establish”) → perusteilla (“in the process of being founded”)
- rakentaa (“to build”) → rakenteilla (“under construction”)
- suunnitella (“to plan”) → suunnitteilla (“in the process of being planned”)
Inflection
| →○ | allative | tekeille |
|---|---|---|
| ○ | adessive | tekeillä |
| ○→ | ablative | – |
Further reading
- “tekeillä”, 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