uimasillaan

Finnish

Etymology

The adessive plural of uima- (“to swim”) (third infinitive stem) with a possessive suffix and the interfix -si-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈui̯mɑsilːɑːn/, [ˈui̯mɑ̝ˌs̠ilːɑ̝ːn]
• Rhymes: -ilːɑːn
• Syllabification^(key): ui‧ma‧sil‧laan

Adverb

uimasillaan

1. in water, swimming (or trying to)

Inflection

→○	allative	uimasilleen
○	adessive	uimasillaan
○→	ablative	–

Personal/possessive forms of uimasillaan
no possessor	—
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	uimasillani	uimasillamme
2nd person	uimasillasi	uimasillanne
3rd person	uimasillaan uimasillansa

Further reading

• “uimasillaan”, 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