Finnish

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Etymology

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The inessive plural of uupua (to get exhausted) with the interfix -ksi-.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈuːʋuksisːɑ/, [ˈuːʋukˌs̠is̠ːɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -isːɑ
  • Syllabification(key): uu‧vuk‧sis‧sa

Adverb

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uuvuksissa

  1. exhausted (in the state of exhaustion)
    Hän oli aivan uuvuksissa käveltyään kolme tuntia auringonpaisteessa.
    He was completely exhausted after having walked under the sun for three hours.

Inflection

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→○ illative uuvuksiin
inessive uuvuksissa
○→ elative

Further reading

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