viis

See also: viis'

Estonian

Estonian cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : viis
    Ordinal : viies

Etymology 1

From Proto-Finnic *viici, from Proto-Uralic *witte (“five”). Cognate with Finnish viisi and Hungarian öt.

Numeral

viis

  1. (cardinal) five
Inflection

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Etymology 2

Noun

viis (genitive viisi, partitive viisi)

  1. way, manner
  2. mode
  3. melody, tune
Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

Finnish

Numeral

viis

  1. (colloquial) five
    Se maksaa viis euroo.
    It costs five euros.

See also

Interjection

viis

  1. said to ignore something
    Sataa. Siitä viis! Menen silti ulos.
    It's raining. I don't care! I'll go out anyway.
    Viis siitä!
    Screw it!
  2. adverbially used only as a part of the phrase viis veisata jostakin, "not to give a damn" (about something)
    Leena viis veisaa pomonsa määräyksistä.
    Leena doesn't give a damn about her boss' orders.

Latin

Noun

viīs

  1. dative plural of via
  2. ablative plural of via
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