piloillaan

Finnish

Etymology

The adessive plural of pila (“joke”) (piloilla) with a possessive suffix.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈpiloi̯lːɑːn/, [ˈpilo̞i̯lːɑ̝ːn]
Rhymes: -iloilːɑːn
Syllabification^(key): pi‧loil‧laan

Adverb

piloillaan

in jest (as a joke)
Hän vain yritti piloillaan matkia toisten liikkeitä.
He only tried to mimic the other's movements in jest.

Yritin vain piloillani matkia sinun liikkeitäsi.
I only tried to mimic your movements in jest.

Inflection

Personal/possessive forms of piloillaan
no possessor	—
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	piloillani	piloillamme
2nd person	piloillasi	piloillanne
3rd person	piloillaan piloillansa

Further reading

“piloillaan”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (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

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