Finnish

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Etymology

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Apparently a folk-etymological pseudo-translative plural of sinä, by interpreting adverbs like sinällään as forms of sinä rather than (doubly inflected) forms of se.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈsinui̯ksi/, [ˈs̠inui̯ks̠i]
  • Rhymes: -inuiksi
  • Syllabification(key): si‧nuik‧si

Adverb

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sinuiksi

  1. to terms (with); to grips (with) (often with tulla or päästä)

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