levällään

Finnish

Etymology

The adessive of the stem levä-, from Proto-Finnic *levä- (compare Karelian levälläh, Votic levällää). Probably related to leveä, but it is not clear whether leveä is derived from the stem, or if the stem is a back-formation.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈleʋælːæːn/, [ˈle̞ʋælːæːn]
  • Rhymes: -eʋælːæːn
  • Syllabification(key): le‧väl‧lään

Adverb

levällään

  1. wide open
    silmät levällään ― wide-eyed
    kädet levällään ― palms open
  2. outstretched
  3. spread around, spread out
  4. in bits and pieces

Inflection
→○ allative levälleen
○ adessive levällään
○→ ablative –

Derived terms
compounds

Further reading
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