uuvuksissa

Finnish

Etymology

The inessive plural of uupua (“to get exhausted”) with the interfix -ksi-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈuːʋuksisːɑ/, [ˈuːʋukˌs̠is̠ːɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -isːɑ
  • Syllabification(key): uu‧vuk‧sis‧sa
  • Hyphenation(key): uu‧vuk‧sis‧sa

Adverb

uuvuksissa

  1. exhausted (in the state of exhaustion)
    Hän oli aivan uuvuksissa käveltyään kolme tuntia auringonpaisteessa.
    He was completely exhausted after having walked under the sun for three hours.

Inflection

→○ illative uuvuksiin
○ inessive uuvuksissa
○→ elative –

Further reading

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