päällitse
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
päällä (“on top of”) + -itse (“by the way of”)
Pronunciation edit
Postposition edit
päällitse (+ genitive) (uncommon)
- over, above (by the way of going over or above something)
- 1938, The Holy Bible, Acts 27:14:
- Mutta ennen pitkää syöksyi saaren päällitse raju tuuli, niin sanottu koillismyrsky.
- But before very long there rushed down from the land a violent wind, called Euraquilo.
Usage notes edit
This word is used rather seldom. As an example, the synonym ylitse gets 300 times as many Google hits.
See also edit
Further reading edit
- “päällitse”, 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