housusillaan

Finnish

Etymology

Adessive plural of a diminutive noun from housut.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhou̯susilːɑːn/, [ˈho̞u̯s̠uˌs̠ilːɑ̝ːn]
• Rhymes: -ilːɑːn
• Syllabification^(key): hou‧su‧sil‧laan

Adverb

housusillaan

1. with one's pants or trousers (and not necessarily anything else) on

Inflection

→○	allative	housusilleen
○	adessive	housusillaan
○→	ablative	–

Personal/possessive forms of housusillaan
no possessor	—
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	housusillani	housusillamme
2nd person	housusillasi	housusillanne
3rd person	housusillaan housusillansa

Further reading

• “housusillaan”, 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