tanassa
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
Singular inessive of tana-, from tanakka.
Pronunciation edit
Adverb edit
tanassa
- (static) pointing forward, erect (standing out firmly and perpendicularly or somewhat raised)
- Sotilaat hyökkäsivät pistimet tanassa.
- The soldiers charged with their bayonets erect.
- Hirvi puolustautui sarvet tanassa.
- The moose defended himself with the antler pointing forward.
Inflection edit
→○ | illative | tanaan |
---|---|---|
○ | inessive | tanassa |
○→ | elative | – |
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “tanassa”, 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