puolipolveen

Finnish

Etymology

Illative of puoli- +‎ polvi

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈpuo̯liˌpolʋeːn/, [ˈpuo̞̯liˌpo̞lʋe̞ːn]
Rhymes: -olʋeːn
Syllabification^(key): puo‧li‧pol‧veen

Adverb

puolipolveen

to up or down to halfway towards the knee (such as of snow or water)

Inflection

→○	illative	puolipolveen
○	inessive	puolipolvessa
○→	elative	–

Further reading

“puolipolveen”, 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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