huoli

From Proto-Finnic *hooli, from earlier *šooli, possibly a Baltic loan; compare Lithuanian žala (“damage, harm”).^[1] Related to Estonian hool, Ingrian hooli, Karelian huoli.

• IPA^(key): /ˈhuo̯li/,
• Rhymes: -uoli
• Hyphenation^(key): huo‧li

huoli

1. worry, concern
2. (in expressions) care

   pitää huolta ― to take care (of)

• Kven: huoli

• “huoli”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01

• IPA^(key): /ˈhuo̯li/, (third-person indicative)
• IPA^(key): /ˈhuo̯liˣ/, (imperative, indicative connegative)
• Rhymes: -uoli
• Hyphenation^(key): huo‧li

huoli

1. inflection of huolia:
   1. third-person singular past indicative
   2. present active indicative connegative
   3. second-person singular present imperative
   4. second-person singular present active imperative connegative

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huoli

1. care

From Finnish huoli (“worry, concern”), from Proto-Finnic *hooli (“worry, concern”), from earlier *šooli, of unknown origin, but probably a Baltic loanword.

Cognate with Estonian hool, Ingrian hooli, Karelian huoli, Veps hol' and Finnish huoli.

• IPA^(key): /ˈhuo̯li/

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• Rhymes: -uoli
• Hyphenation: huo‧li

huoli (genitive huolen, partitive huolta)

1. a worry, concern (a strong feeling of anxiety) (Can we add an example for this sense?)

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• huolestuttaat (“to worry”), muretuttaat (“to worry”)

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