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Finnish
Etymology
Inessive of lytty-, of sound-symbolic origin[1]
Pronunciation
Adverb
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
This word looks as if it was inessive of the word lytty, but such word does not exist.
Inflection
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illative
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lyttyyn
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inessive
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lytyssä
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elative
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–
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Derived terms
References
- ^ Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSA 1992–2000"), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN
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