siinä

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Finnish

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Etymology

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Etymologically formed from the old locative suffix -na rather than the standard inessive suffix -ssa.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈsiːnæ/, [ˈs̠iːnæ]
  • Rhymes: -iːnæ
  • Syllabification(key): sii‧nä

Pronoun

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siinä

  1. inessive singular of se
    Seiso siinä!
    Stand (right) there!
    Se on juuri siinä missä se on.
    It's right there where it is.

Usage notes

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  • Used as the regular inessive singular form of se, despite being morphologically irregular.
  • siinä usually implies a more precise or exact location than siellä.

Further reading

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Anagrams

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