lytyssä
Finnish
editEtymology
editInessive of lytty-, of sound-symbolic origin[1]
Pronunciation
editAdverb
editlytyssä
- flattened, squeezed between something or collapsed, but still in one piece.
- Hänen silinterinsä oli lytyssä, koska hänen seuralaisensa istui vahingossa sen päälle.
- His top hat was flattened, because his companion had accidentally sat on it.
Usage notes
editThis word looks as if it was inessive of the word lytty, but such word does not exist.
Inflection
edit→○ | illative | lyttyyn |
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○ | inessive | lytyssä |
○→ | elative | – |
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editReferences
editFurther reading
edit- “lytyssä”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][2] (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