hevonen

• heponen, hevoinen, hepoinen (dialectal, archaic)

From Proto-Finnic *hëpoinën, roughly equivalent to hepo +‎ -(i)nen. The weak grade -v- originates from the southwestern dialects, while the expected strong-grade heponen is only found in dialects, mainly in the southeast. Compare cognates in other Finnic languages such as Estonian hobune, Karelian hepoine. See hepo, *hëpo for further etymology.

• IPA^(key): /ˈheʋonen/, [ˈhe̞ʋo̞ne̞n]
• Rhymes: -eʋonen
• Syllabification^(key): he‧vo‧nen
• Hyphenation^(key): he‧vo‧nen

hevonen

1. horse, Equus caballus

   Synonyms: (poetic) hepo, (childish) heppa, hoppa, humma, polle, (disparaging) koni, kaakki, kopukka, (archaic or humorous) hopo, hopoti

2. (gymnastics) horse
3. (chess) synonym of ratsu (“knight”)
4. (colloquial) horsepower (short for hevosvoima)
5. (in compounds) equine, horse

• “hevonen”, 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 2 July 2023