säntilleen

Finnish

Etymology

Fronted from santilleen, allative plural (+ possessive suffix) of dialectal santti (“midweek holiday”), from Swedish sankt.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsæntilːeːn/, [ˈs̠æn̪t̪ilːe̞ːn]
Rhymes: -æntilːeːn
Syllabification^(key): sän‧til‧leen

Adverb

säntilleen (dialectal)

Synonym of täsmälleen

Derived terms

säntillinen

Further reading

“säntilleen”, 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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