lytyssä

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Finnish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inessive of lytty-, of sound-symbolic origin^[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /ˈlytysːæ/, [ˈlyt̪ys̠ːæ]
Rhymes: -ytysːæ
Syllabification^(key): ly‧tys‧sä

Adverb[edit]

lytyssä

flattened, squeezed between something or collapsed, but still in one piece.
Hänen silinterinsä oli lytyssä, koska hänen seuralaisensa istui vahingossa sen päälle.
His top hat was flattened, because his companion had accidentally sat on it.

Usage notes[edit]

This word looks as if it was inessive of the word lytty, but such word does not exist.

Inflection[edit]

→○	illative	lyttyyn
○	inessive	lytyssä
○→	elative	–

Derived terms[edit]

lytätä

Related terms[edit]

References[edit]

^ Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN

Further reading[edit]

“lytyssä”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[2] (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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