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-päin
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Appendix:Variations of "pain"
Finnish
Etymology
From fi päin.
Suffix
adverb
-wards, -ward, -about forms adverbs that indicate movement towards a direction or imprecise location
fi ylöspäin upwards
fi jälkeenpäin afterwards
fi sielläpäin thereabout
fi minnepäin into which direction
Usage notes
If the preceding word is an adverb or a particle, such as fi alas, fi pois and fi nurin, the resulting word may also be spelled as two separate words (e.g. fi alaspäin ~ fi alas päin).Yhdyssana vai ei: nurin päin vai nurinpäin? Kielitoimiston ohjepankki (in Finnish) This applies to the vast majority of fi -päin adverbs.
Derived terms
See fi päin.
References
Ingrian
Etymology
From izh päin towards. Akin to fi -päin.
Pronunciation
-päi -(p)päin
Suffix
-wards, -ward
Derived terms
izh