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Pronunciation

• IPA(key): /ˈʋɑro/, [ˈʋɑ̝ro̞]
• Rhymes: -ɑro
• Hyphenation(key): va‧ro

Verb

varo

1. inflection of varoa:
   1. present active indicative connegative
   2. second-person singular present imperative
   3. second-person singular present active imperative connegative

Interjection

varo!

1. watch out! (to one person)

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Pronunciation

• IPA(key): /ˈtuːli/, [ˈt̪uːli]
• Rhymes: -uːli
• Hyphenation(key): tuu‧li

Etymology 1

From Proto-Finnic *tuuli, from Proto-Finno-Permic *towle. Cognates include Estonian tuul and Udmurt тӧл (töl).

Noun

tuuli

1. wind (movement of air)
   tuulivoima ― wind power, eolic power
   tuulipuisto ― wind park, eolic park
   Tuuli puhaltaa pohjoisesta.
   The wind blows from the north.

2. mood, humour (mental or emotional state)
   Hän on hyvällä tuulella.
   She is in a good mood.
   Hän oli erityisen pahalla tuulella tuona iltapäivänä.
   He was in a particularly vile humour that afternoon.

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Etymology

jää (“ice”) +‎ kiekko (“puck, disc”)

Pronunciation

• IPA(key): /ˈjæːˌkie̯kːo/, [ˈjæːˌk̟ie̞̯kːo̞]
• Rhymes: -iekːo
• Hyphenation(key): jää‧kiekko

Noun

jääkiekko

1. (sports) ice hockey Synonyms: jäkis, lätkä
2. (sports) hockey puck
   Synonyms: kiekko, lätkä

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Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *outo. Cognate with Estonian õud, õudne, Karelian outo.

Pronunciation

• IPA(key): /ˈou̯to/, [ˈo̞u̯t̪o̞]
• Rhymes: -outo
• Hyphenation(key): ou‧to

Adjective

outo (comparative oudompi, superlative oudoin)

1. strange, weird

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Etymology

Borrowed from dialectal Swedish bulle (“goblet”), from Old Norse bolli, from Proto-Germanic *bullô. The modern meaning "bottle" has likely been influenced by the unrelated pullea (“round, chubby”). Doublet of pulla.

Pronunciation

• IPA(key): /ˈpulːo/, [ˈpulːo̞]
• Rhymes: -ulːo
• Hyphenation(key): pul‧lo

Noun

pullo

1. bottle
2. (obsolete) bowl, chalice

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Alternative forms

• elä (dialectal)

Etymology

See ei.

Pronunciation

• IPA(key): /ˈælæ/, [ˈælæ]
• IPA(key): /ˈælæˣ/, [ˈælæ(ʔ)] (dialectal)
• Rhymes: -ælæ
• Hyphenation(key): älä

Verb

älä

1. second-person singular imperative present of ei

• Juokse! -> Älä juokse!
• Run! -> Do not run!

Interjection

älä

1. don't!, stop!
2. (colloquial) wow, really? (expressing positive surprise)
3. (colloquial, indicates agreement on the preceding statement) tell me about it! I know, right?
   Elokuva oli ihan hillitön! — Älä!
   The movie was hilarious! — I know!.
4. (colloquial, sarcastic) you don't say, (oh) really?

Synonyms

ihanko totta

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Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kallis.

Pronunciation

• IPA(key): /ˈkɑlːis/, [ˈkɑ̝lːis̠]
• Rhymes: -ɑlːis
• Hyphenation(key): kal‧lis

Adjective

kallis (comparative kalliimpi, superlative kallein)

1. expensive
   • Tämä auto on kallis.
   • This car is expensive.
2. dear
   • Olet minulle hyvin kallis.
   • You are very dear to me.

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Etymology

From older peikkoi, from Proto-Finnic *peikoi, *peiko (reshaped later with -kko; compare Estonian peig (“bridegroom”)), deriving either from Proto-Germanic *faihaz (“hostile, criminal”), *faigijaz (“fey”), or alternatively from a lost Baltic cognate (inexact parallels include Lithuanian paikas (“stupid”), piktas (“angry, bad”), pikčius (“devil”), pikulas (“devil”)), all ultimately based on Proto-Indo-European *peyḱ- (“to mark”).

Pronunciation

• IPA(key): /ˈpei̯kːo/, [ˈpe̞i̯kːo̞]
• Rhymes: -eikːo
• Hyphenation(key): peik‧ko

Noun

peikko

1. (folklore) goblin, hobgoblin, gnome, gremlin (mythical man-like creature, often depicted hairy, tailed and mischievous)
2. troll (in modern children's literature often a good-natured forest-dwelling humanoid)
3. hobgoblin (cause of dread, fear or apprehension)

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see also: trolli

Etymology

Borrowed from Swedish choklad (“chocolate”), from French chocolat, from Spanish chocolate, from Nahuatl.

Pronunciation

• IPA(key): /ˈsuklɑː/, [ˈs̠uklɑ̝ː]
• Rhymes: -uklɑː
• Hyphenation(key): suk‧laa

Noun

suklaa

1. chocolate

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Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *südän, from Proto-Uralic *śüdäme. Cognate with Estonian süda, Erzya седей (sedej), Northern Mansi сым (sym) and Hungarian szív.

Pronunciation

• IPA(key): /ˈsydæn/, [ˈs̠ydæn]
• Rhymes: -ydæn
• Hyphenation(key): sy‧dän.
• Note that the pronunciation of inflected or derived words with the stem sydäm- is somewhat irregular, as the m is often pronounced long, as if sydämm-.

Noun

sydän

1. heart (organ)
2. (figurative) heart (one's feelings and emotions; seat of the affections or sensibilities)
3. heart (symbol representing a heart, except on playing cards)
   • Synonym: hertta (“heart symbol”) (including on playing cards)
4. heart, core (centre, essence, most important thing)
   • Synonym: ydin
   • reaktorisydän ― (nuclear) reactor core
5. wick (of a candle)

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Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *ruskëda.

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ˈruskeɑ/, [ˈrus̠k̟e̞ɑ̝]
Rhymes: -uskeɑ
Hyphenation(key): rus‧kea

Adjective

ruskea (comparative ruskeampi, superlative ruskein)
1 brown

Usage notes

The combining form is either the regular ruskea- or rusko-; note that rusko can also be used as a noun.

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Etymology

metsä (“forest”) +‎ murmeli (“marmot”)

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ˈmetsæˌmurmeli/, [ˈme̞ts̠æˌmurme̞li]
Rhymes: -urmeli
Hyphenation(key): metsä‧murme‧li

Noun

metsämurmeli
A groundhog, woodchuck, Marmota monax.

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Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *muru. Equivalent to mur- +‎ -u, from the same root as murea and murtaa.

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ˈmuru/, [ˈmuru]
Rhymes: -uru
Hyphenation(key): mu‧ru

Noun

muru
1 crumb
1 very small amount of something, a jot, an iota
Synonyms: hitunen, hiven, kipene, murunen, rahtu, rahtunen

2 (colloquial) honey (term of affection) Synonyms: see Thesaurus:kultanen

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Etymology

From Swedish orange, from French orange.

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ˈorɑnsːi/, [ˈo̞rɑ̝ns̠ːi]
IPA(key): /ˈorɑnʃːi/, [ˈo̞rɑ̝nʃːi] (dated)
Rhymes: -orɑnsːi
Hyphenation(key): orans‧si

Adjective

oranssi orange (colour)

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Etymology

From Swedish appelsin (“orange”), from Dutch appelsine or Low German Appelsin (“Chinese apple”).

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ˈɑpːels(ː)iːni/, [ˈɑ̝pːe̞l(s̠)ˌs̠iːni]
Rhymes: -iːni
Hyphenation(key): ap‧pel‧sii‧ni

Noun

appelsiini
orange (fruit)

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Alternative forms

kaakku, kakko (dialectal)

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kakku, borrowed either from Proto-Norse *ᚲᚨᚲᛟ (*kakō, “cake (of bread)”) or earlier Proto-Germanic *kakǭ; compare modern Swedish kaka and Estonian kakk (“loaf of white bread”).

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ˈkɑkːu/, [ˈkɑ̝kːu]
Rhymes: -ɑkːu
Hyphenation(key): kak‧ku

Noun

kakku
1 cake
syödä ja säästää kakku / pitää kakku ja syödä se ― to have one's cake and eat it too
2 (figuratively) pie (whole of wealth or resource)
3 Ellipsis of hunajakakku.
4 (slang) bit (prison sentence)

Usage notes

(cake): Tends to refer to larger cakes served in slices. Small, individual cakes tend to be called leivos or pikkuleipä, but may also be called kakku, particularly in compounds.

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Etymology

Borrowed from Old Swedish frē(i)adagher, frīadagher, from Proto-West Germanic *Frījā dag.

Since Finnish historically lacks f and initial consonant clusters (such as fr), the word was adapted to fit the language's phonological rules. These changes can be imagined as *freja => *pereja => *perja (On the first step, F turns to P, and an epenthetic vowel appears to avoid the cluster [PR]. Then, on the second step, the unstressed vowel is dropped). For the -antai ending, compare maanantai (“Monday”) and sunnuntai (“Sunday”).

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ˈperjɑntɑi̯/, [ˈpe̞rjɑ̝n̪t̪ɑ̝i̯]
Rhymes: -erjɑntɑi
Hyphenation(key): per‧jan‧tai

Noun

perjantai
Friday (day of the week; the fifth day of the week in Finland and in the ISO 8601 standard)

Etymology

korva +‎ Swedish pust. The sense "cinnamon roll" (possibly originally humorous) is probably due to the earlike appearance of the pastry.

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ˈkorʋɑˌpuːsti/, [ˈko̞rʋɑ̝ˌpuːs̠ti]
Rhymes: -uːsti
Hyphenation(key): korva‧puusti

Noun

korvapuusti
1 cuff on the ear (box on the ear; painful smack on the side of the head)
antaa jollekulle korvapuusti ― to give someone a cuff on the ear / to box someone's ears

2 cinnamon roll (rolled pastry flavored with cinnamon and sugar)

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Etymology

Borrowed from Old Swedish pusi, posi (compare modern Swedish påse), from Proto-Germanic *pusô.

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ˈpusːi/, [ˈpus̠ːi]
Rhymes: -usːi
Hyphenation(key): pus‧si

Noun

pussi
1 bag (small, flexible container for items; made of e.g. paper or plastic, either for packaging or storage, or for carrying, in which case usually smaller than a kassi)

2 (anatomy, zoology, botany) pouch, sac, bag

3 (billiards) pocket

4 (colloquial, in the plural) scrotum

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Etymology

helmi (“pearl”) +‎ kuu (“month”); in February the snow melts and freezes again producing at times pearls of ice. Cognate with Estonian helmekuu.

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ˈhelmiˌkuː/, [ˈhe̞lmiˌkuː] Rhymes: -uː Hyphenation(key): helmi‧kuu

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Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *väärä, of unknown further origin.

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ˈʋæːræ/, [ˈʋæːræ]
Rhymes: -æːræ
Hyphenation(key): vää‧rä

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Etymology

Borrowed from Swedish far; compare Swedish farfar (“grandfather”).

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ˈʋɑːri/, [ˈʋɑ̝ːri]
Rhymes: -ɑːri
Hyphenation(key): vaa‧ri

Noun

vaari
grandpa, grandfather
grandpa, geezer, old man

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Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *tähti, from Proto-Finno-Permic *täštä.[1] Cognate to Karelian tähti, Estonian täht and Erzya теште (tešte). Sense 4 is a semantic loan from English star.

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ˈtæhti/, [ˈt̪æht̪i] Rhymes: -æhti Hyphenation(key): täh‧ti

Noun

tähti

star (luminous dot)
(astronomy) star (astronomical object) Tähdet ovat kaukana. ― The stars are far away.
star (shape, symbol or ornament). a famous person, celebrity, star Synonyms: julkimo, julkkis, kuuluisuus Hänestä tuli tähti. ― She became a star.
(astrology) star a white spot on the forehead of a horse[2] (typography) star, asterisk
Synonyms: tähtimerkki, asteriski (Eastern Orthodoxy) asterisk (placed over the diskos)

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Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *suppo.

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ˈsupːo/, [ˈs̠upːo̞]
Rhymes: -upːo
Hyphenation(key): sup‧po

Noun

suppo
(hydrology) frazil ice, i.e. ice in a frazil form i.e. as a kind of watery sludge

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Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *rooka, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *rōkā ("care, attention", later *rōkō). Cognates include Estonian roog, Votic rookõ, Ludian ruog. Compare ruokkia.

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ˈruo̯kɑ/, [ˈruo̞̯kɑ̝]
Rhymes: -uokɑ
Hyphenation(key): ruo‧ka
The ruoa- in inflected forms is generally pronounced as if it were ruua-.

Noun.

ruoka

1. food (any substance consumed by living organisms to sustain life)
   Synonym: ravinto
   Me tarvitsemme ruokaa, emme aseita.
   We need food, not weapons.
2. meal (food that is prepared and eaten)
   Synonym: ateria

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