tohkeissaan
Finnish
Etymology
Inessive plural of *tohke- with a possessive suffix, of sound-symbolic origin[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtohkei̯sːɑːn/, [ˈt̪o̞xk̟e̞i̯s̠ːɑ̝ːn]
- Rhymes: -ohkeisːɑːn
- Syllabification(key): toh‧keis‧saan
Adverb
tohkeissaan
- enthusiastic, enthusiastically, excited, excitedly, (colloquially) jazzed up (about = elative)
- Olin siitä aivan tohkeissani.
- I was so excited about it.
- "Pitäkää kiinni!", hän huusi tohkeissaan.
- "Hang on!", he shouted excitedly.
Inflection
| Personal/possessive forms of tohkeissaan | ||
|---|---|---|
| no possessor | — | |
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | tohkeissani | tohkeissamme |
| 2nd person | tohkeissasi | tohkeissanne |
| 3rd person | tohkeissaan tohkeissansa | |
Synonyms
References
Further reading
- “tohkeissaan”, 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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