Can anybody think of other compound verbs that work like nauraa hihittää?
(Tyttö nauraa hihitti, tytöt nauraa hihittivät, tytöt juoksivat nauraa hihittäen...)
I have a vague sense that I used to know at least one other example related to a manner of walking, but I'm thinking this probably isn't all that uncommon a type of formation -- only one I no longer encounter these days from my fortress of solitude. I'd like to find other examples of it that sound reasonably uncontrived.
Other compound verbs like nauraa hihittää?
Other compound verbs like nauraa hihittää?
As he persisted, I was obliged to tootle him gently at first and then, seeing no improvement, to trumpet him vigorously with my horn.
Re: Other compound verbs like nauraa hihittää?
laulaa lurittaaAldenG wrote:Can anybody think of other compound verbs that work like nauraa hihittää?
laulaa luikauttaa
kävellä löntystää
juosta jolkottaa
Also see:
- This old thread
- Handbook of Finnish by Jukka K. Korpela (section 204. Descriptive words)
- Suomen kielen ekspressiivisten sanojen muodostusta ja neutraalistumista sekä juoru-, hymy-, hyrrä- ja kapina-sanojen etymologioita by Jeongdo Kim (p. 16)
- Kyselytestimenetelmä naurua kuvailevien verbaalisten koloratiivikonstruktioiden merkitysten selvittelyssä by Maria-Magdalena Jürvetson (p. 84)
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Re: Other compound verbs like nauraa hihittää?
Oh my God -- that's only 5 years ago! Now I'm really worried about my memory.Jukka Aho wrote:This old thread
I guess some day soon I should reread all the Kiekikoulu threads where I've participated. Or all of them regardless.
As he persisted, I was obliged to tootle him gently at first and then, seeing no improvement, to trumpet him vigorously with my horn.
Re: Other compound verbs like nauraa hihittää?
Hey, that’s several lifetimes in Internet years!AldenG wrote:Oh my God -- that's only 5 years ago! Now I'm really worried about my memory.Jukka Aho wrote:This old thread
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