kieli

Finnish

(index ki)

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *keeli, from Proto-Uralic *käle. Cognates include Estonian keel and Northern Sami giella.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkie̯li/, [ˈkie̞̯li]
  • Hyphenation: kie‧li

Noun

kieli

  1. language (form of communication)
  2. genitive + ~ ; the names of most languages may be expressed in two ways in Finnish: as a single word, e.g. islanti (Icelandic), or in combination with kieli, e.g. islannin kieli (Icelandic). The combined form is preferred for less-known languages and in contexts where the name of a language may be confused with the name of the country, region or ethnic group according which the language is named, in this example Islanti (Iceland).
  3. tongue (organ)
  4. (music) string (tightly tensioned wire that produces a tone)
  5. (music) reed (vibrating part in the mouthpiece of a woodwind instrument)

Declension

Inflection of kieli (Kotus type 26/pieni, no gradation)
nominative kieli kielet
genitive kielen kielten
kielien
partitive kieltä kieliä
illative kieleen kieliin
singular plural
nominative kieli kielet
accusative nom. kieli kielet
gen. kielen
genitive kielen kielten
kielien
partitive kieltä kieliä
inessive kielessä kielissä
elative kielestä kielistä
illative kieleen kieliin
adessive kielellä kielillä
ablative kieleltä kieliltä
allative kielelle kielille
essive kielenä kielinä
translative kieleksi kieliksi
instructive kielin
abessive kielettä kielittä
comitative kielineen

Derived terms

Compounds

Idioms

Verb

kieli

  1. Third-person singular indicative past form of kieliä.
  2. Indicative present connegative form of kieliä.
  3. Second-person singular imperative present form of kieliä.
  4. Second-person singular imperative present connegative form of kieliä.

Anagrams


Karelian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *keeli.

Noun

kieli (genitive kielen, partitive kieldy)

  1. language
  2. tongue
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