ikimaailmassa

Finnish

Etymology

Contraction of ikinä (“ever”) + maailmassa (“in the world”)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈikiˌmɑːilmɑsːɑ/, [ˈik̟iˌmɑ̝ːilˌmɑ̝s̠ːɑ̝]
Rhymes: -ɑsːɑ
Syllabification^(key): i‧ki‧maa‧il‧mas‧sa

Adverb

ikimaailmassa

(chiefly in the negative) never ever, never in this world, never in a million years (strong rejection)
En ikimaailmassa voisi suudella häntä.
I could never ever kiss her. / Never in this world could I kiss her.

Further reading

“ikimaailmassa”, 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 2023-07-02

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