nelinkontin

See also: nelin kontin

Finnish

Alternative forms

• nelin kontin

Etymology

Instructive plural case of neljä (“four”) + stem of the verb kontata (“to crawl”) > kontta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnelinˌkontin/, [ˈne̞liŋˌko̞n̪t̪in]
• Rhymes: -ontin
• Syllabification^(key): ne‧lin‧kon‧tin

Adverb

nelinkontin

1. on all fours

Synonyms

• kontallaan

Further reading

• “nelinkontin”, 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