tohkeissaan

Finnish

Etymology

Inessive plural of *tohke- with a possessive suffix, of sound-symbolic origin[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtohkei̯sːɑːn/, [ˈt̪o̞xk̟e̞i̯s̠ːɑ̝ːn]
  • Rhymes: -ohkeisːɑːn
  • Syllabification(key): toh‧keis‧saan
  • Hyphenation(key): toh‧keis‧saan

Adverb

tohkeissaan

  1. enthusiastic, enthusiastically, excited, excitedly, (colloquially) jazzed up [with elative ‘about’]
    Olin siitä aivan tohkeissani.
    I was so excited about it.
    "Pitäkää kiinni!", hän huusi tohkeissaan.
    "Hang on!", he shouted excitedly.

Inflection

Personal/possessive forms of tohkeissaan
no possessor —
possessor singular plural
1st person tohkeissani tohkeissamme
2nd person tohkeissasi tohkeissanne
3rd person tohkeissaan
tohkeissansa

Synonyms

References

  1. ^ Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSA 1992–2000"), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN

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