jousi
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jousi (“bow”) 
jousi (“spring”)
See also: Jousi
Finnish
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *jousi (“bow”), from Proto-Uralic *joŋse. Cognates include Erzya ёнкс (jonks, “bow”), Northern Mansi ё̄вт (ë̄wt, “bow”), Hungarian íj (“bow”).
Pronunciation
Noun
jousi
- bow (weapon)
- spring (mechanical device made of flexible material)
- (music) bow (rod used for playing stringed instruments)
- (music) musical bow
- (music, chiefly in the plural) strings (often collectively, e.g. strings of an orchestra)
Declension
| Inflection of jousi (Kotus type 24/uni, no gradation) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | jousi | jouset | ||
| genitive | jousen | jousien jousten | ||
| partitive | jousta | jousia | ||
| illative | jouseen | jousiin | ||
| singular | plural | |||
| nominative | jousi | jouset | ||
| accusative | nom. | jousi | jouset | |
| gen. | jousen | |||
| genitive | jousen | jousien jousten | ||
| partitive | jousta | jousia | ||
| inessive | jousessa | jousissa | ||
| elative | jousesta | jousista | ||
| illative | jouseen | jousiin | ||
| adessive | jousella | jousilla | ||
| ablative | jouselta | jousilta | ||
| allative | jouselle | jousille | ||
| essive | jousena | jousina | ||
| translative | jouseksi | jousiksi | ||
| abessive | jousetta | jousitta | ||
| instructive | — | jousin | ||
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | |||
Derived terms
compounds
- asetusjousi
- etujousi
- ilmajousi
- jalkajousi
- jousenjänne
- jousenkaari
- jousentuki
- jousialuslaatta
- jousialuslevy
- jousiammunta
- jousiampuja
- jousihaka
- jousikoneisto
- jousikvartetti
- jousikvartetto
- jousikvintetti
- jousikvintetto
- jousimies
- Jousimies
- jousiorkesteri
- jousipakka
- jousipatja
- jousipyssy
- jousisekstetto
- jousisoitin
- jousisoittaja
- jousisokka
- jousiteoria
- jousiteräs
- jousitrio
- jousivaaka
- jousivakio
- jousivoima
- jousiyhtye
- jousiäes
- kaasujousi
- kaasunestejousi
- kaasu-nestejousi
- karttajousi
- kellonjousi
- kierrejousi
- kierukkajousi
- käsijousi
- käyntijousi
- lautasjousi
- lehtijousi
- lukitusjousi
- painejousi
- pitkäjousi
- ristijousi
- takajousi
- taljajousi
- tähtäinjousi
- varsijousi
- vetojousi
- viemärinavausjousi
- viulunjousi
- vääntöjousi
See also
References
Further reading
- “jousi”, 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
Karelian
Noun
jousi
- bow (weapon)