huuli
Finnish
(index hu)
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *huuli, from Proto-Uralic *šule. Cognate with Estonian huul, Veps hul', Votic uuli, Khanty lul (lul).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈhuːli]
- Rhymes: -uːli
- Hyphenation: tuu‧li
Noun
huuli
- lip, labium (ither of the two fleshy protrusions around the opening of the mouth)
- lukea huulilta ― to lipread
- lip (part of the body that resembles a lip)
- (idiomatic) olla huulilla: to be close (to happen), to be at reach
- Voitto oli jo huulilla, mutta ...
- The victory was at reach, but ...
- (colloquial) joke
Declension
| Inflection of huuli (Kotus type 24/uni, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | huuli | huulet | |
| genitive | huulen | huulien huulten | |
| partitive | huulta | huulia | |
| illative | huuleen | huuliin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | huuli | huulet | |
| accusative | nom. | huuli | huulet |
| gen. | huulen | ||
| genitive | huulen | huulien huulten | |
| partitive | huulta | huulia | |
| inessive | huulessa | huulissa | |
| elative | huulesta | huulista | |
| illative | huuleen | huuliin | |
| adessive | huulella | huulilla | |
| ablative | huulelta | huulilta | |
| allative | huulelle | huulille | |
| essive | huulena | huulina | |
| translative | huuleksi | huuliksi | |
| instructive | — | huulin | |
| abessive | huuletta | huulitta | |
| comitative | — | huulineen | |
Derived terms
- heittää huulta
- huulio
- huullos
- huultaa
Compounds
Phrases
- liikutella huuliaan ― to lip-sync
References
- Häkkinen, Kaisa (2004-2005). Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja. Juva: WSOY. →ISBN.
Karelian
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *huuli, from Proto-Uralic *šule. Cognate with Estonian huul, Veps hul', Votic uuli, Khanty [script needed] (lul).
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