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

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

Further reading

• “polvillaan”, 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 2023-07-03