juovuksiin

Finnish

Etymology

The illative plural of juopua (to get drunk) + -ksi-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈjuo̯ʋuksiːn/, [ˈjuo̞̯ʋuks̠iːn]
  • Rhymes: -uoʋuksiːn
  • Syllabification(key): juo‧vuk‧siin

Adverb

juovuksiin

  1. drunk (to the state of drunkenness)
    tulla juovuksiin
    to get drunk

Usage notes

Used almost exclusively in the expression tulla juovuksiin (to get drunk).

Inflection

→○ illative juovuksiin
inessive juovuksissa
○→ elative

Further reading

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.