aivot

From Proto-Finnic *aivo, from Proto-Uralic *ajŋe.^[1] Cognates include Estonian aju (“brain, mind”), Moksha уй (uj, “brain”) and Hungarian agy (“brain”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑi̯ʋot/, [ˈɑ̝i̯ʋo̞t̪]
• Rhymes: -ɑiʋot
• Syllabification^(key): ai‧vot
• Hyphenation^(key): ai‧vot

aivot pl

1. (anatomy) brain (organ)

   Synonym: ajukoppa (dialectal, possibly humorous)

   aivoverenvuoto ― cerebral hemorrhage

   aivokasvain ― brain tumor

2. brains, grey matter (ability to think)

• The singular number is used in modern standard Finnish only in compound terms (like in the examples above) and in some colloquial or slang expressions, notably in ottaa aivoon (“to piss off, to be pissed off”).

• “aivot”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023

• aviot, oivat, taivo, vitoa, voita

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈɑi̯ʋot/, [ˈɑi̯ʋŏ̞d]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈɑi̯ʋot/, [ˈɑi̯ʋo̞d̥]
• Rhymes: -ɑi̯ʋot
• Hyphenation: ai‧vot

aivot

1. nominative plural of aivo: brains

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 8

From Proto-Finnic *aivot. Cognates include Finnish aivot and Veps aivod.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑi̯ʋot/
• Hyphenation: ai‧vot

aivot (genitive aivojen / aivoloin, partitive aivoja / aivoloida) (plural only)

1. (North Karelian or dialectal) brains

• (South Karelian) mozgut

• P. Zaykov, L. Rugoyeva (1999) “aivot”, in Карельско-Русский словарь (Северно-Карельские диалекты) [Karelian-Russian dictionary (North Karelian dialects)], Petrozavodsk, →ISBN
• Pertti Virtaranta, Raija Koponen (2009) “+”, in Marja Torikka, editor, Karjalan kielen sanakirja‎^[3], Helsinki: Kotus, →ISSN