ammolleen

Finnish

Etymology

ammolle (“wide open, agape”) +‎ -en (3rd person possessive suffix)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑmːolːeːn/, [ˈɑ̝mːo̞lːe̞ːn]
• Rhymes: -ɑmːolːeːn
• Syllabification^(key): am‧mol‧leen

Adverb

ammolleen

1. wide open, agape; describes transition to the wide open state

   Hänen suunsa loksahti ammolleen.

   His jaw dropped wide open.

Inflection

→○	allative	ammolleen
○	adessive	ammollaan
○→	ablative	–

Further reading

• “ammolleen”, 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 2023-07-02