ypöyksin
Finnish
editEtymology
editA reduplicated formation built on yksin; compare täpötäysi and others listed there. The reduplicant ypö was later treated as a separate word and elaborated to ypösen.
Pronunciation
editAdverb
editypöyksin
- all alone
- Koira jätettiin ypöyksin.
- The dog was left all alone.
See also
editFurther reading
edit- “ypöyksin”, 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