riihi
Finnish
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *riihi, from Proto-Finno-Permic *riŋeše, itself possibly a Wanderwort. Cognates include Estonian rehi, Karelian riihi. Swedish ria and Latvian rija are borrowings from Finnic.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈriːhi/, [ˈriːɦi]
- Rhymes: -iːhi
- Syllabification(key): rii‧hi
- Hyphenation(key): rii‧hi
Noun
riihi
- (agriculture, historical) A traditional northern European (Fennoscandian and Russian) grain drying and threshing cabin, in which the grain was dried in the heat and smoke of a chimneyless stove and then threshed on the floor.
- 1924 April 30, “Entisaikain oloja Ähtärissä [Ähtäri in the Old Days]”, in Vaasa[1], volume 22, number 100, Vaasa: Vaasa Oy, →ISSN, page 3:
- Elot kuivattiin riihessä, puitiin varstoilla ja viskattiin viskimellä, jolloin akanat erotettiin; loppu puhdistettiin pohtimella.
- The crops were dried in a riihi, threshed with flails and winnowed with a winnowing shovel, which is when the chaff was separated; the rest was cleaned with a winnowing basket.
- (by extension, in compounds) workshop (collaborative effort to some end)
Declension
| Inflection of riihi (Kotus type 24/uni, no gradation) | |||
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| nominative | riihi | riihet | |
| genitive | riihen | riihien riihten | |
| partitive | riihtä | riihiä | |
| illative | riiheen | riihiin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | riihi | riihet | |
| accusative | nom. | riihi | riihet |
| gen. | riihen | ||
| genitive | riihen | riihien riihten | |
| partitive | riihtä | riihiä | |
| inessive | riihessä | riihissä | |
| elative | riihestä | riihistä | |
| illative | riiheen | riihiin | |
| adessive | riihellä | riihillä | |
| ablative | riiheltä | riihiltä | |
| allative | riihelle | riihille | |
| essive | riihenä | riihinä | |
| translative | riiheksi | riihiksi | |
| abessive | riihettä | riihittä | |
| instructive | — | riihin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
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Synonyms
- (workshop): työpaja
Coordinate terms
Derived terms
compounds
Further reading
- “riihi”, 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 3 July 2023
Anagrams
Ingrian
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *riihi. Cognates include Finnish riihi and Estonian rehi.
Pronunciation
- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈriːhi/, [ˈriːhʲ]
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈriːhi/, [ˈriːhi]
- Rhymes: -iːhʲ, -iːhi
- Hyphenation: rii‧hi
Noun
riihi
Declension
| Declension of riihi (type 5/keeli, no gradation) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | riihi | riihet |
| genitive | riihen | riihiin, riihilöin |
| partitive | riihtä, riiht | riihiä, riihilöjä |
| illative | riihee | riihii, riihilöihe |
| inessive | riihees | riihiis, riihilöis |
| elative | riihest | riihist, riihilöist |
| allative | riihelle | riihille, riihilöille |
| adessive | riiheel | riihiil, riihilöil |
| ablative | riihelt | riihilt, riihilöilt |
| translative | riiheks | riihiks, riihilöiks |
| essive | riihennä, riiheen | riihinnä, riihilöinnä, riihiin, riihilöin |
| exessive1) | riihent | riihint, riihilöint |
| 1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive. | ||
Derived terms
References
- Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 482