hämillään
Finnish
Etymology
Adessive plural of the stem *hämi- seen in hämillinen with a possessive suffix.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈhæmilːæːn/, [ˈhæmilːæːn]
- Rhymes: -æmilːæːn
- Syllabification(key): hä‧mil‧lään
Adverb
hämillään
- embarrassed, confused, flustered (in the state of shameful discomfort)
- Hämillään hän mutisi jotakin anteeksipyynnön tapaista.
- Embarrassed, he muttered something resembling an apology.
Usage notes
This term can only be used attributively with oleva, but it is more common to use the corresponding adjective hämmentynyt.
Inflection
| →○ | allative | hämilleen |
|---|---|---|
| ○ | adessive | hämillään |
| ○→ | ablative | – |
| Personal/possessive forms of hämillään | ||
|---|---|---|
| no possessor | — | |
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | hämilläni | hämillämme |
| 2nd person | hämilläsi | hämillänne |
| 3rd person | hämillään hämillänsä | |
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