tuuli

See also: Tuuli

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *tuuli, from Proto-Finno-Permic *tuxli. Cognates include Estonian tuul and Udmurt тӧл (töl). The root be may be related to Proto-Uralic *tulka (feather), whence eg. Hungarian toll.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtuːli/
  • Rhymes: -uːli
  • Hyphenation: tuu‧li

Noun

tuuli

  1. wind
    Tuuli puhaltaa pohjoisesta.
    The wind blows from the north.
  2. mood (of mind)
    Hän on hyvällä tuulella.
    She is in a good mood.
  3. humour (mood, especially a bad mood)
    Hän oli erityisen pahalla tuulella tuona iltapäivänä.
    He was in a particularly vile humour that afternoon.‎
  4. in translations for Finnish compound terms also: eolic
    tuulivoima = eolic power, wind power
    tuulipuisto = eolic park, wind park

Declension

Inflection of tuuli (Kotus type 26/pieni, no gradation)
nominative tuuli tuulet
genitive tuulen tuulten
tuulien
partitive tuulta tuulia
illative tuuleen tuuliin
singular plural
nominative tuuli tuulet
accusative nom. tuuli tuulet
gen. tuulen
genitive tuulen tuulten
tuulien
partitive tuulta tuulia
inessive tuulessa tuulissa
elative tuulesta tuulista
illative tuuleen tuuliin
adessive tuulella tuulilla
ablative tuulelta tuulilta
allative tuulelle tuulille
essive tuulena tuulina
translative tuuleksi tuuliksi
instructive tuulin
abessive tuuletta tuulitta
comitative tuulineen

Derived terms

See also

Verb

tuuli

  1. Third-person singular indicative past form of tuulla.
    • Hetki sitten tuuli kovaa.
      • A moment ago the wind blew hard.

Anagrams


Karelian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *tuuli, from Proto-Finno-Permic *tuxli.

Noun

tuuli (genitive tuulen, partitive tuuldu)

  1. wind
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