kylliksi
Finnish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From the translative plural of kyllä, formerly used as a noun for "abundance".
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈkylːiksi/, [ˈk̟ylːiks̠i]
- Rhymes: -ylːiksi
- Syllabification(key): kyl‧lik‧si
- Hyphenation(key): kyl‧lik‧si
Adverb
[edit]kylliksi
- enough, sufficiently (manner)
- Lapseni saivat kyllikseen tästä paikasta, ja muutimme pienelle kaukaiselle saarelle täältä etelään.
- My children had enough of this place, and we moved to a small, distant island south of here.
Usage notes
[edit]Traditionally used before nouns or on its own, while kyllin is used before adjectives or adverbs as an attribute.
Synonyms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “kylliksi”, 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 2 July 2023