varvi
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Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Swedish varv (“turn, revolution; full circle; layer; wharf”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
varvi
- (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
Declension[edit]
Inflection 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
Anagrams[edit]
Sicilian[edit]
Noun[edit]
varvi
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- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑrʋi
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- Finnish lemmas
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- fi:Construction
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