nälissään

== Finnish == === Etymology === The inessive plural of nälkä (nälissä) with a possessive suffix. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈnælisːæːn/, [ˈnælis̠ːæːn] Rhymes: -ælisːæːn Syllabification(key): nä‧lis‧sään Hyphenation(key): nä‧lis‧sään === Adverb === nälissään hungry, starving, famished ==== Usage notes ==== This adverb can be used predicatively with olla (“to be”); it can be used as an adjective in other positions (such as attributively) by using oleva. ==== Inflection ==== ==== See also ==== English go hungry === Further reading === “nälissään”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023