ilmi

ilma (“air”) +‎ -i (i-lative singular)

• IPA^(key): /ˈilmi/,
• Rhymes: -ilmi
• Syllabification^(key): il‧mi

ilmi

1. public, known, to the daylight, to the open (ceasing to be secret, unknown or hidden)

   käydä ilmi / tulla ilmi ― to be revealed, to transpire, to become known, to be brought to the daylight

   tuoda ilmi / saattaa ilmi ― to reveal, to bring to the open

   antaa ilmi ― to blow the whistle, to inform, to report

2. (as modifier) completely, very much

   ilmiselvä ― obvious / completely clear

   ilmi elävä ― very much alive

3. (as modifier) outright, full

   Kinastelu muuttui vähitellen ilmiriidaksi.

   The bickering gradually turned into an outright fight.

As an adverb, ilmi usually but not necessarily implies a change of state from unknown to known and so is mostly used with verbs that express change or movement. It is rarely used to describe a state of being known: asia on ilmi (“the matter is out in the open”) is possible, but rare. As a modifier, it is usually written as an open (spaced) compound together with adjectives, adverbs, and nouns, but only as a closed compound with verbs. Some commonly used collocations may be written both ways: ilmiselvä / ilmi selvä, ilmiliekki / ilmi liekki, ilmiriita / ilmi riita, and yet others are always closed: ilmiantaja, ilmianto, ilmiasu, ilmitulo.

• (to the open): julki

  (to be revealed): osoittautua

  (to reveal): paljastaa

  (to report): ilmiantaa

• (completely): täysin
• (real, true): todellinen

• ilmeinen (obvious)

• “ilmi”, 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 2023-07-02

• limi

• IPA^(key): /ʔíl.mìː/, /ʔîl.míː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): ,

ilmî m (possessed form ilmîn) or îlmī m (possessed form îlmin)

1. Alternative form of ilìmī

ilmi

1. indefinite dative singular of ilmur

ilmi

1. Alternative spelling of ilmî.

ilmi

1. accusative singular of ilim
2. third-person singular possessive of ilim