painuksiin

Finnish

Etymology

The illative plural of painua (“to sink, droop”) +‎ -ksi-.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈpɑi̯nuksiːn/, [ˈpɑ̝i̯nuks̠iːn]
Rhymes: -ɑinuksiːn
Syllabification^(key): pai‧nuk‧siin

Adverb

painuksiin

droop, drooping (to the drooping state)
Hävisimme ottelun, mutta ei anneta päidemme mennä painuksiin.
We lost the match, but let us not allow our heads to droop.

Inflection

→○	illative	painuksiin
○	inessive	painuksissa
○→	elative	–

Further reading

“painuksiin”, 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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