varuillaan

• varuilla

The adessive plural of vara +‎ -u with a possessive suffix. The variant without -u- (varoillaan, varoilleen) is also found in dialects, and in turn, the archaic varulta (alternative form for varalta (“in case of”)) has it.

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋɑrui̯lːɑːn/, [ˈʋɑ̝rui̯lːɑ̝ːn]
• Rhymes: -ɑruilːɑːn
• Hyphenation^(key): va‧ruil‧laan

varuillaan

1. alert, prepared, on one's guard

   Ole varuillasi! (second-person singular) ― Be alert! / Watch out!

   Olkaa varuillanne! (second-person plural) ― Be alert! / Watch out!

• “varuillaan”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-04