ypöyksin
Finnish
Etymology
A reduplicated formation built on yksin; compare täpötäysi and others listed there. The reduplicant ypö was later treated as a separate word and elaborated to ypösen.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈypøˌyksin/, [ˈypø̞ˌyks̠in]
- Rhymes: -yksin
- Syllabification(key): y‧pö‧yk‧sin
Adverb
ypöyksin
- all alone
- Koira jätettiin ypöyksin.
- The dog was left all alone.
Further reading
- “ypöyksin”, 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 2023-07-04
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