päällitse

Finnish

Etymology

päällä (on top of) + -itse (by the way of)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpæːlːit̪se̞/
  • Hyphenation: pääl‧lit‧se

Postposition

päällitse (genitive +)

  1. over, above; also other translations, depending on context (by the way of going over or above something)
Lintu lensi pääni päällitse.
A bird flew over my head.
Mutta ennen pitkää syöksyi saaren päällitse raju tuuli, niin sanottu koillismyrsky. (Apostolien teot 27:14, 1938 Raamatun käännös)
But before very long there rushed down from the land a violent wind, called Euraquilo. (Acts 27:14, New American Standard Version of the Bible, 1995)

Usage notes

This word is used rather seldom. As an example, synonymous ylitse gets 300 times as many hits in a Google search.

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See also

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