touhuissaan

touhuissaan

Finnish

Alternative forms

• The forms with a possessive suffix:
  

• touhuissani (1st person sg.)
• touhuissasi (2nd person sg.)
• touhuissaan, touhuissansa (3rd person sg.)
• touhuissamme (1st person pl.)
• touhuissanne (2nd person pl.)
• touhuissaan, touhuissansa (3rd person pl.)

Adverb

touhuissaan (+ possessive suffix)

1. busy, occupied or absorbed with one's chores

   Anteeksi, olin niin touhuissani, että en lainkaan huomannut sinua.

   I'm sorry, I was so absorbed with my work that I didn't notice you at all.

Usage notes

Touhuissaan indicates a bustling manner of working, with at least partly self-generated haste; compare uppoutunut, keskittynyt; kiireissään, kiireinen.

Noun

touhuissaan

1. Inessive plural form of touhu + the suffix -an.