English-Finnish translations for polysynthetic

• polysynteettinen

Definition of polysynthetic

• said of a language, characterized by a prevalence of relatively long words containing a large number of morphemes. Typically, the morphemes are '''bound''. An example of a polysynthetic language is Ojibwe, where
• Having layers of twin crystals

Examples

• baataanitaaanishinaabemong = "being able to speak Ojibwe
• ngiinitaaozhibiiamaadimin = "we used to write to each other

Related words

• polysyndeton
• polysynody
• polysynthesis