Appendix:Finnish homonyms

The following is a collection of homonyms in the Finnish language. The list only includes words in their uninflected form:

A

• alpakka

1. noun: alpaca
2. noun: nickel silver

• arkki

1. noun: ark
2. noun: sheet

• aura

1. noun: aura
2. noun: plough

F

• friisi

1. noun: frieze
2. noun: the Frisian language

H

• haiku

1. noun: haiku
2. noun: lingering smell or feeling

• haka

1. noun: latch
2. noun: pasture

• halata

1. verb: to hug
2. verb: to yearn

• halli

1. noun: grey seal
2. noun: hall

• harppu

1. noun: hag
2. noun: harp

• hela

1. adjective: entire (limited to idiomatic usage)
2. noun: hilt

• hitsi

1. interjection: gee
2. noun: weld

J

• jahti

1. noun: sloop
2. noun: yacht
3. noun: hunt

• juntta

1. noun: junta
2. noun: pile driver

• juutti

1. noun: a Dane (colloquial)
2. noun: jute

K

• kaira

1. noun: auger
2. noun: backwoods

• kalkki

1. noun: chalice
2. noun: lime

• kallistaa

1. verb: to incline
2. verb: to raise in price

• kangas

1. noun: cloth
2. noun: traversable woodland

• kani

1. noun: pawn shop (colloquial)
2. noun: rabbit

• kappa

1. noun: a volume unit
2. noun: overcoat

• karsta

1. noun: crusty soot
2. noun: wool card

• kasti

1. noun: caste
2. noun: sauce (dialectal)

• keksi

1. noun: biscuit
2. noun: hook (pole with a hook, used to handle logs in water)

• kessu

1. noun: sergeant (colloquial)
2. noun: cigarette (colloquial)

• kiire

1. noun: hurry
2. noun: thigh (archaic)

• kilo

1. noun: kilo- (colloquially also: kilogram)
2. noun: sheen, sunlight

• kiltti

1. adjective: nice
2. noun: kilt

• kohta

1. adverb: soon
2. noun: place, point

• koi

1. noun: dawn
2. noun: moth

• kola

1. noun: cola
2. noun: plough

• kolli

1. noun: freight item
2. noun: tomcat

• kontti

1. noun: backpack
2. noun: container
3. noun: foot (archaic)

• koppi

1. noun: catch
2. noun: doghouse

• korea

1. adjective: decorated, garish
2. noun: the Korean language
3. noun: chorea

• kumina

1. noun: caraway
2. noun: toll, rumble (low, echoing sound)

• kuori

1. noun: apse
2. noun: bark, shell, skin, peel, envelope

• kurkku

1. noun: cucumber
2. noun: throat

• kuu

1. noun: animal fat (dialectal)
2. noun: Moon
3. pronunciation of "Q"

• kuuro

1. adjective: deaf
2. noun: rainshower

• kuusi

1. numeral: six
2. noun: spruce

L

• laakeri

1. noun: bearing
2. noun: holly, laurel

• lahti

1. noun: bay
2. noun: slaughter

• laituri

1. noun: pier
2. noun: winger

• lakata

1. verb: to cease
2. verb: to lacquer

• laki

1. noun: law
2. noun: summit

• lakka

1. noun: cloudberry
2. noun: lacquer
3. noun: pigeon house

• lama

1. noun: depression
2. noun: lama

• laputtaa

1. noun: to cover with notes
2. noun: to run (idiomatic)

• laskea

1. verb: to count
2. verb: to put down

• lauha

1. adjective: mild
2. noun: a kind of grass (Deschampsia)

• laukka

1. noun: canter, gallop
2. noun: onion

• liivi

1. noun: the Livonian language
2. noun: vest

• litsi

1. noun: fly (in pants) (usually in plural)
2. noun: lychee

• lonkero

1. noun: long drink
2. noun: tentacle

• luode

1. noun: ebb
2. noun: northwest

• luuttu

1. noun: lute
2. noun: rag

• läppä

1. noun: flap
2. noun: joke (colloquial)

• lätti

1. noun: a Latvian
2. noun: pigpen

• löpö

1. noun: gasoline (colloquial)
2. noun: a talkative person (colloquial)

• lössi

1. noun: crowd (colloquial)
2. noun: loess

M

• maali

1. noun: goal
2. noun: paint

• marski

1. noun: marsh
2. noun: marshall

• matikka

1. noun: math (colloquial)
2. noun: burbot (colloquial)

• mokka

1. noun: mocca
2. noun: suede

• mono

1. noun: mono
2. noun: ski boot

• motti

1. noun: a cubic meter of firewood
2. noun: motti

• murkku

1. noun: ant (colloquial)
2. noun: teenager (colloquial)

• mutu

1. noun: hunch
2. noun: minnow

N

• nakki

1. noun: frankfurter
2. noun: mousetrap

• naskali

1. noun: awl
2. noun: kid

• norja

1. adjective: flexible
2. noun: the Norwegian language

O

• okra

1. adjective: ochre
2. noun: okra

P

• pakki

1. noun: defenceman (colloquial)
2. noun: package, toolbox
3. noun: reverse gear (colloquial)

• palli

1. noun: testicles, balls (usually in plural)
2. noun: seat

• parka

1. noun: parka
2. noun: someone pitiful

• parkki

1. noun: bark
2. noun: barque
3. noun: parking

• parvi

1. noun: flock, school
2. noun: loft

• passata

1. verb: to pamper
2. verb: to pass for

• passi

1. noun: guard duty
2. noun: passport

• patruuna

1. noun: cartridge (of a bullet)
2. noun: industrialist

• patti

1. noun: lump
2. noun: stalemate

• pesijä

1. noun: nester
2. noun: washer

• pii

1. noun: silicon
2. noun: tooth, spike (archaic)

• piilevä

1. adjective: hidden
2. noun: diatom

• piisi

1. noun: piece of music
2. noun: stove

• poka

1. noun: frame
2. noun: seductee (colloquial)

• pokata

1. noun: to bow
2. noun: to pick someone up, to seduce

• pollari

1. noun: bollard
2. noun: policeman (colloquial)

• poro

1. noun: ashes; grounds (usually in plural)
2. noun: reindeer

• povari

1. noun: fortune teller (colloquial)
2. noun: pocket inside a shirt or coat (colloquial)

• puli

1. noun: alcoholic (colloquial]
2. noun: puli (dog)

• puntti

1. noun: clock weight
2. noun: bundle, packet
3. noun: trouser leg

• puola

1. noun: lingonberry (dialectal)
2. noun: pole, stalk
3. noun: the Polish language

• pyykki

1. noun: laundry
2. noun: milestone

• pölistä

1. verb: to chatter
2. verb: to give off dust

R

• raaka

1. adjective: raw, brutal
2. noun: yard (of ship)

• raita

1. noun: goat willow
2. noun: raita
3. noun: stripe

• raja

1. noun: border
2. noun: piece of rubbish

• rakuuna

1. noun: dragoon
2. noun: tarragon

• ralli

1. noun: grating
2. noun: rally
3. noun: a k. of song

• rapata

1. verb: to plaster
2. verb: to rap (alternate spelling of räpätä)

• ratti

1. noun: driving wheel
2. noun: funnel

• rekka

1. noun: record (colloquial)
2. noun: truck

• riimu

1. noun: chain
2. noun: rune

• riisi

1. noun: rice
2. noun: ream (of paper)

• riittää

1. verb: to be enough
2. verb: to gain a crust of frost (of a body of water)

• rikki

1. adverb: broken
2. noun: sulfur

• risa

1. adjective: broken
2. noun: gland

• riski

1. adjective: strong, sturdy
2. noun: risk

S

• sihti, sihdata

1. noun, verb: (to) aim
2. noun, verb: (to) sieve

• siippa

1. noun: spouse
2. noun: vesper bat

• sini

1. noun: blueness
2. noun: sine

• sireeni

1. noun: lilac (variant of syreeni)
2. noun: siren

• sirkka

1. noun: cotyledon
2. noun: locust

• speksi

1. noun: short comedy
2. noun: specifics (colloquial, usually in plural)

• steppi

1. noun: steppe
2. noun: tapdancing

• suoja

1. noun: protection
2. noun: provider
3. noun: temperature over zero in winter

• säkä

1. noun: back of an animal
2. noun: luck (colloquial)

• sääski

1. noun: mosquito
2. noun: osprey (variant of sääksi)

T

• tabu

1. noun: pill (colloquial)
2. noun: taboo

• talja

1. noun: hide
2. noun: tackle

• tammi

1. noun: axle (dialectal)
2. noun: oak

• tattari

1. noun: buckwheat
2. noun: a Tatar

• termiitti

1. noun: termite
2. noun: thermite

• topata

1. verb: to pad
2. verb: to stop (dialectal)

• toppi

1. noun: end (dialectal)
2. noun: top (piece of clothing)

• tukko

1. noun: block, obstruction
2. noun: tuft, wad

• turkki

1. noun: fur coat
2. noun: the Turkish language

• turpa

1. noun: chub (fish)
2. noun: muzzle

• tuuma

1. noun: idea, thought
2. noun: inch

• tuurata

1. verb: to use an ice axe
2. verb: to fill in (for someone) (colloquial)

• tylli

1. noun: ringed plover
2. noun: tulle

V

• vaara

1. noun: danger
2. noun: tree-covered hill

• vaari

1. noun: advice (idiomatic usage only)
2. noun: grandfather

• valssi

1. noun: roll (metalwork)
2. noun: waltz

• vasta

1. noun: kind of whisk made of birch twigs, used in sauna to enhance the cleaning effect of the bath
2. adverb: not until, only

• veronalainen

1. adjective: subject to taxation
2. adjective: Veronese

• veto

1. noun: pulling
2. noun: veto

• viini

1. noun: quiver
2. noun: wine

• viitta

1. noun: cape
2. noun: sign pointing to a direction

• vika

1. adverb: last (colloquial)
2. noun: fault

• villa

1. noun: villa
2. noun: wool

• vippi

1. noun: lever (dialectal)
2. noun: small money loan (colloquial)
3. noun: VIP (colloquial)

• virveli

1. noun: snare drum
2. noun: spinning fishing rod

• visiiri

1. noun: visor
2. noun: vizier

• voltti

1. noun: somersault
2. noun: volt

• vuori

1. noun: mountain
2. noun: lining (inner fabric in a piece of clothing)

Ä

• ässä

1. noun: ace
2. noun: the letter S, an S-shape