pihti

From Proto-Finnic *pihti (compare Estonian piht, Ingrian pihet pl, Karelian pihti, Veps pihthed pl, Votic pihed pl), from Proto-Finno-Permic *pište (compare Moksha [script needed] (peš), Komi-Zyrian [script needed] (peš) and Proto-Samic *pëstë, whence Northern Sami basta).

• IPA^(key): /ˈpihti/, [ˈpiçt̪i]
• Rhymes: -ihti
• Syllabification^(key): pih‧ti
• Hyphenation^(key): pih‧ti

pihti

1. (in the plural) See pihdit: pliers, tongs
2. (archaic) any two-pronged handtool or artifact to hold, press together or punch something, now usually in plural; a pincer

   pärepihti ― wooden shingle holder

3. State of being stuck between something, as if held with pliers

   Synonym: juuttunut (“stuck”, adjective)

   Vene on kahden kiven pihdissä.

   The boat is stuck between two rocks.

4. The front claw of a crustacean such as lobster, pincer

   Synonym: saksi

5. A pile of birchbark sheets set between two boards and tied tightly together to flatten the barks and thus make them suitable roofing and isolation material.

   Pihdissä on normaalisti noin sata tuohiliuskaa.

   One pihti normally consists of about one hundred sheets of birchbark.

6. (gymnastics) scissors

   Synonym: sakset

7. (in compounds) Indicates similarity to or use of pliers (see list below).

• hipit, pihit