nukuksiin

Finnish

Etymology

The illative plural of nukkua (“to sleep”) +‎ -ksi-.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈnukuksiːn/, [ˈnukuks̠iːn]
Rhymes: -ukuksiːn
Syllabification^(key): nu‧kuk‧siin

Adverb

nukuksiin

asleep (to a state of sleep)
Itkin itseni nukuksiin.
I wept myself asleep.

Inflection

→○	illative	nukuksiin
○	inessive	nukuksissa
○→	elative	–

Further reading

“nukuksiin”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (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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