vauhti
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
Possibly derived from onomatopoeic vauh, a wooshing sound. Related to Karelian vauhti and Votic vauhti.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
vauhti
- speed, velocity, pace (see usage notes)
- (informal) momentum
- (physics) speed (magnitude of the velocity)
- (slang) speed (slang term for methamphetamine)
Usage notes edit
In everyday language, the words vauhti and nopeus are synonyms (as is the case with the English equivalents speed and velocity). In scientific use, they have however been redefined (as happened in English) to refer to the scalar and vector aspects of motion, respectively. So in science, vauhti only refers to a movement's magnitude (speed), whereas nopeus also includes information about a movement's direction.
In everyday language, vauhti is also used to refer to momentum.
Declension edit
Inflection of vauhti (Kotus type 5*F/risti, t-d gradation) | ||||
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nominative | vauhti | vauhdit | ||
genitive | vauhdin | vauhtien | ||
partitive | vauhtia | vauhteja | ||
illative | vauhtiin | vauhteihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | vauhti | vauhdit | ||
accusative | nom. | vauhti | vauhdit | |
gen. | vauhdin | |||
genitive | vauhdin | vauhtien | ||
partitive | vauhtia | vauhteja | ||
inessive | vauhdissa | vauhdeissa | ||
elative | vauhdista | vauhdeista | ||
illative | vauhtiin | vauhteihin | ||
adessive | vauhdilla | vauhdeilla | ||
ablative | vauhdilta | vauhdeilta | ||
allative | vauhdille | vauhdeille | ||
essive | vauhtina | vauhteina | ||
translative | vauhdiksi | vauhdeiksi | ||
abessive | vauhditta | vauhdeitta | ||
instructive | — | vauhdein | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms edit
compounds
- alkuvauhti
- etananvauhti
- hiihtovauhti
- kasvuvauhti
- kiivasvauhtinen
- kävelyvauhti
- lisävauhti
- lujavauhtinen
- mateluvauhti
- normaalivauhti
- pikavauhti
- rakentamisvauhti
- salamavauhti
- tuntivauhti
- työvauhti
- vauhdinotto
- vauhtiaskel
- vauhtihirmu
- vauhtihirviö
- vauhtihurjastelija
- vauhtihyppy
- vauhtimäki
- vauhtipyörä
- vauhtiraita
- vauhtirata
- vauhtisokea
- vauhtiveikko
- verryttelyvauhti
- vuosivauhti
Further reading edit
- “vauhti”, 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 2023-07-04