viisiin
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʋiːsiːn/, [ˈʋiːs̠iːn]
- Rhymes: -iːsiːn
- Syllabification(key): vii‧siin
- Hyphenation(key): vii‧siin
Etymology 1
Illative of viisi (a noun not used on its own), borrowed from Swedish vis (“way”). Compare also Ingrian viisi, ultimately from the same Germanic source.
Adverb
viisiin (colloquial, dialectal)
- (in) ... way
Further reading
- “2. viisi”, 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 27 January 2024
Etymology 2
Numeral
viisiin