hoilata hoosiannaa

Finnish

Etymology

Literally, “to sing 'hosanna'”

Verb

hoilata hoosiannaa (colloquial)

1. to give out, to burn out, to beg for mercy

   Tunnin kun kävelee jyrkkää alamäkeä, niin kyllä siinä reidet alkavat hoilata hoosiannaa.

   If you walk an hour down a steep descent, then yeah, your thighs will start to give out.

Conjugation

See hoilata. hoosiannaa is in the partitive case, but is inflected in the genitive in action nouns: see Appendix:Finnish verb phrases.