varpaisillaan

Finnish

Etymology

The adessive plural of varvas (plural stem varpai-) with a possessive suffix and the interfix -si-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋɑrpɑi̯silːɑːn/, [ˈʋɑ̝rpɑ̝i̯ˌs̠ilːɑ̝ːn]
• Rhymes: -ilːɑːn
• Syllabification^(key): var‧pai‧sil‧laan

Adverb

varpaisillaan

1. tiptoe, on one's toes

Inflection

→○	allative	varpaisilleen
○	adessive	varpaisillaan
○→	ablative	–

Personal/possessive forms of varpaisillaan
no possessor	—
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	varpaisillani	varpaisillamme
2nd person	varpaisillasi	varpaisillanne
3rd person	varpaisillaan varpaisillansa

Further reading

• “varpaisillaan”, 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 2023-07-04