hoilata hoosiannaa

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Finnish

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Etymology

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Literally, to sing 'hosanna'

Verb

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hoilata hoosiannaa (colloquial)

  1. to give out, to burn out, to beg for mercy
    Tunnin kun kävelee jyrkkää alamäkeä, niin kyllä siinä reidet alkavat hoilata hoosiannaa.
    If you walk an hour down a steep descent, then yeah, your thighs will start to give out.

Conjugation

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See hoilata. hoosiannaa is in the partitive case, but is inflected in the genitive in action nouns: see Appendix:Finnish verb phrases.