varvi
Finnish
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Swedish varv (“turn, revolution; full circle; layer; wharf”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editvarvi
- (colloquial) revolution
- Synonym: kierros
- Hondan kone ottaa kevyesti 15.000 varvia minuutissa.
- Honda's engine makes easily 15,000 revolutions per minute.
- (colloquial, construction) round (complete layer of construction material)
- (colloquial, knitting) row
- Synonym: kerros
- (colloquial) wharf, shipyard, boatyard
- Synonym: telakka
- (vulgar) bonking, screwing; round (of sexual activity)
- 1961 [1951], J.D. Salinger, translated by Pentti Saarikoski, Sieppari ruispellossa [The Catcher in the Rye], →OCLC, page 103:
- — Ohho. No, mitä sä sanot? Kiinnostaaks? Viis dollaria varvi. Viistoista koko yö.
- [original: "Uh huh. Well, how 'bout it? Y'innarested? Five bucks a throw. Fifteen bucks the whole night."]
Declension
editInflection of varvi (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | varvi | varvit | |
genitive | varvin | varvien | |
partitive | varvia | varveja | |
illative | varviin | varveihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | varvi | varvit | |
accusative | nom. | varvi | varvit |
gen. | varvin | ||
genitive | varvin | varvien | |
partitive | varvia | varveja | |
inessive | varvissa | varveissa | |
elative | varvista | varveista | |
illative | varviin | varveihin | |
adessive | varvilla | varveilla | |
ablative | varvilta | varveilta | |
allative | varville | varveille | |
essive | varvina | varveina | |
translative | varviksi | varveiksi | |
abessive | varvitta | varveitta | |
instructive | — | varvein | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Further reading
edit- “varvi”, 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
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