ohi

From Proto-Finnic *ohja, cognate to Finnish ohja and Votic õhjõ. Possibly a loan from Proto-Germanic *ansijō.

ohi (genitive ohja, partitive ohja)

1. rein

Lative: ohi (noun) +‎ -i.

• IPA^(key): /ˈohi(ˣ)/, [ˈo̞ɦi(ʔ)]
• Rhymes: -ohi
• Syllabification^(key): o‧hi
• Hyphenation^(key): ohi

ohi

1. (spatial) past, beyond

   Minun piti kääntyä toisesta risteyksestä oikealle, mutta ajoinkin ohi.

   I was supposed to turn right from the second intersection but I missed it.

   (literally, “drove past”)

2. (temporal) over (discontinued; ended or concluded)

   Se on ohi nyt. ― It is over now.

   ohi on ― [it] is over [now] (e.g. referring to military service)

• The inflected forms shown in the table are used as adverbs, postpositions and/or prepositions; see the appropriate entries.

• ohitse

ohi [with genitive]

1. (spatial) by, past (when one goes through the space that is next to something)

   Pallo pyöri tuolin ohi ja ovesta ulos.

   The ball rolled by the chair and out of the door.

   Pallo pyöri minun ohitseni.

   The ball rolled past me.

2. (spatial) wide

   Nuoli meni maalin ohi.

   The arrow fell wide of the mark.

ohi cannot take a possessive suffix; ohitse is used instead if possessive forms are desired.

• ohitse

ohi [with elative]

1. (spatial) past (when going or having gone past, i.e. passing, usually physically)

   Olimme jo ohi sillasta, kun onnettomuus tapahtui.

   We were already past the bridge, when the accident took place.

• ohitse

ohi

1. miss! (used like an interjection to indicate that a shot missed the target)
2. pass! (in games: I will not answer this question, etc.)

• “ohi”, 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 1 July 2023

From Proto-Finnic *ohi. Ultimately possibly from Proto-Finno-Permic *woša (“parting, branching (of river, way)”), whence Erzya ужо (užo, “corner; angle”).^[1]

• IPA^(key): /ˈohi/, [ˈo̞ɦi]
• Rhymes: -ohi
• Syllabification^(key): o‧hi
• Hyphenation^(key): ohi

ohi (obsolete)

1. side, flank

• The word is basically only attested in some forms.

• Prolative: ohitse

• kuve
• kylki
• pieli
• sivu
• vieri
• vierusta

• hio, hoi, iho

ohi (mutated form nohi)

1. coconut palm

• Sundermann, Heinrich. 1905. Niassisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Moers: Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen, p. 159.