tohkeissaan
Finnish
editEtymology
editInessive plural of *tohke- with a possessive suffix, of sound-symbolic origin[1]
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /ˈtohkei̯sːɑːn/, [ˈt̪o̞xk̟e̞i̯s̠ːɑ̝ːn]
- Rhymes: -ohkeisːɑːn
- Syllabification(key): toh‧keis‧saan
Adverb
edittohkeissaan
- enthusiastic, enthusiastically, excited, excitedly, (colloquially) jazzed up (about = elative)
- Olin siitä aivan tohkeissani.
- I was so excited about it.
- "Pitäkää kiinni!", hän huusi tohkeissaan.
- "Hang on!", he shouted excitedly.
Inflection
editPersonal/possessive forms of tohkeissaan | ||
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no possessor | — | |
possessor | singular | plural |
1st person | tohkeissani | tohkeissamme |
2nd person | tohkeissasi | tohkeissanne |
3rd person | tohkeissaan tohkeissansa |
Synonyms
editReferences
editFurther reading
edit- “tohkeissaan”, 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