painuksissa
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Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
The inessive plural of painua (“to sink, droop”) + -ksi-.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adverb[edit]
painuksissa
- drooping; see also crestfallen
- Menimme otteluun voitonvarmoina, mutta tulimme takaisin päät painuksissa.
- We were sure of victory as we went to the match but returned with our heads drooping.
- We were sure of victory as we went to the match but returned crestfallen.
- Menimme otteluun voitonvarmoina, mutta tulimme takaisin päät painuksissa.
Inflection[edit]
→○ | illative | painuksiin |
---|---|---|
○ | inessive | painuksissa |
○→ | elative | – |
Further reading[edit]
- “painuksissa”, 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 2023-07-03