haltioissaan

Finnish

Etymology 1

Adverb

haltioissaan

  1. [While being] elated, very excited, enraptured.
    Pompin haltioissani tasajalkaa, kun kuulin uutisen.
    I was jumping up and down on one foot, elated, when I heard the news.
  2. olla haltioissaan: to be elated, enthralled, very excited, enraptured, blown away (by/about = elative).
    Kriitikot ovat haltioissaan heidän viimeisestä levystään.
    The critics are blown away by their latest album.
Inflection

Etymology 2

Noun

haltioissaan

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