liekki
Appearance
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Finnic *leekki. Possibly related to liekkua (“to sway”); both words may be sound-symbolic. Cognates include Estonian leek and Karelian liekki.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]liekki
- flame
- (slang, dated) Ellipsis of liekkiviina.
- 1968, “Ei pohjan poikia palele”, Juha Vainio (lyrics), performed by Juha Vainio:
- Ei pohjan poikia palele,
sillä liekki lämmittää!- The boys of the north don't feel cold,
since the "flame" keeps them warm!
- The boys of the north don't feel cold,
Declension
[edit]Inflection of liekki (Kotus type 5*A/risti, kk-k gradation) | |||
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nominative | liekki | liekit | |
genitive | liekin | liekkien | |
partitive | liekkiä | liekkejä | |
illative | liekkiin | liekkeihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | liekki | liekit | |
accusative | nom. | liekki | liekit |
gen. | liekin | ||
genitive | liekin | liekkien | |
partitive | liekkiä | liekkejä | |
inessive | liekissä | liekeissä | |
elative | liekistä | liekeistä | |
illative | liekkiin | liekkeihin | |
adessive | liekillä | liekeillä | |
ablative | liekiltä | liekeiltä | |
allative | liekille | liekeille | |
essive | liekkinä | liekkeinä | |
translative | liekiksi | liekeiksi | |
abessive | liekittä | liekeittä | |
instructive | — | liekein | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Synonyms
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Further reading
[edit]- “liekki”, 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 2023-07-02
Anagrams
[edit]Karelian
[edit]Noun
[edit]liekki
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- Finnish terms derived from Proto-Finnic
- Finnish 2-syllable words
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- Rhymes:Finnish/iekːi
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- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish nouns
- Finnish slang
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- Finnish ellipses
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- Finnish risti-type nominals
- Karelian lemmas
- Karelian nouns
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