pullollaan

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Finnish

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Etymology

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< pullolla (adessive singular) + possessive suffix; the stem is from pullottaa (to bulge)

Pronunciation

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Adverb

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pullollaan

  1. bulging with, bursting with, abound with
    Elektroniikkakrääsän ja tilpehöörien myyjiä on netti pullollaan.
    The internet is filled to the brim with sellers of electronic junk and other stuff.

Usage notes

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This adverb can be used predicatively with olla (to be); it can be used as an adjective in other positions (such as attributively) by using oleva.

Inflection

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→○ allative pullolleen
adessive pullollaan
○→ ablative

Synonyms

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Further reading

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