päällitse
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Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
päällä (“on top of”) + -itse (“by the way of”)
Pronunciation[edit]
Postposition[edit]
päällitse (+ genitive) (uncommon)
- over, above (by the way of going over or above something)
- 1938, The Holy Bible, Acts 27:14:
- Mutta ennen pitkää syöksyi saaren päällitse raju tuuli, niin sanottu koillismyrsky.
- But before very long there rushed down from the land a violent wind, called Euraquilo.
Usage notes[edit]
This word is used rather seldom. As an example, the synonym ylitse gets 300 times as many Google hits.
See also[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “päällitse”, 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