puolillaan

The adessive plural of puoli (puolilla) with a possessive suffix.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpuo̯lilːɑːn/, [ˈpuo̞̯lilːɑ̝ːn]
• Rhymes: -uolilːɑːn
• Syllabification^(key): puo‧lil‧laan

puolillaan

1. half full, half empty (neutral descriptor of something holding about half of its total capacity)

• puolillaan is a neutral descriptor and doesn't take a stance on whether something is half full or half empty. As a consequence, the idiom Is the glass half empty or half full? doesn't work as well in Finnish.

• “puolillaan”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

• lopuillaan