pystyyn

MEANING:

Adverb: into an upright position.

DERIVED FROM:

Pystyyn is the illative case singular case of the root pysty– (a prefix meaning ”upright” or ”erect.”) The cases of pysty– serve in Finnish only as adverbs.

EXTRA CREDIT:

Let’s translate some of the advertisment, Käsi pystyyn kaikki, jotka eivät halu maksaa omien rahojensa käytöstä or ”Hand up everyone who doesn’t want to pay to use his own money.”

Some phrases with pystyyn:

haukkua pystyyn – To tell off, haul over the coals, give hell to, give a piece of one’s mind to.
nousta pystyyn – To get up.
panna pystyyn – To put up, to arrange.