uimasilleen

Finnish

Etymology

The allative plural of uima- (“to swim”) (third infinitive stem) with a possessive suffix and the interfix -si-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈui̯mɑsilːeːn/, [ˈui̯mɑ̝ˌs̠ilːe̞ːn]
• Rhymes: -ilːeːn
• Syllabification^(key): ui‧ma‧sil‧leen

Adverb

uimasilleen

1. into water, into being swimming (or trying to)

Inflection

→○	allative	uimasilleen
○	adessive	uimasillaan
○→	ablative	–

Personal/possessive forms of uimasilleen
no possessor	—
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	uimasilleni	uimasillemme
2nd person	uimasillesi	uimasillenne
3rd person	uimasilleen uimasillensa

Further reading

• “uimasilleen”, 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