juoksentelisinkohan

created by Ouroboros
(idea) by Ouroboros (4.3 d) (print)   ?   (I like it!) 1 C! Wed Mar 06 2002 at 19:08:47

The subjunctive form of the Finnish verb "juoksennella". This word translates roughly as "I wonder if I should run around aimlessly".
An original haiku to illustrate its use:

In first spring rain
juoksentelisinkohan
with green froggies

vuo offers the following haiku:

kevätsateessa
juoksentelisinkohan
haltioissani

Back to the metanode of really long words in Finnish that are themselves complete sentences in English

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