kausi

Estonian

Noun

kausi

1. genitive singular of kauss

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kauci, from Proto-Finno-Permic *kawte (“road? way? passage (of a journey)?”). Related to Proto-Samic *kuovtë (“central?”) (Northern Sami guovda). The word may have originally referred to a section of a riverbed, in which case it could be a Pre-Germanic borrowing, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰewd-. The modern meaning is a re-extraction from compounds such as kuukausi and vuorokausi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑu̯si/,
• Rhymes: -ɑusi
• Syllabification^(key): kau‧si

Noun

kausi

1. period, age, epoch, season
2. season (e.g. of a radio or television program)

   Synonym: tuotantokausi

3. term (of an elected official)

   Hänet valittiin yksimielisesti toiselle kaudelle.

   He was unanimously elected for the second term.

4. (geology) period (subdivision of an era)
5. (as modifier) seasonal

   kausityöttömyys ― seasonal unemployment

Declension

Synonyms

• (period): jakso
• (term): toimikausi

Derived terms

References

Further reading

• “kausi”, 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

Anagrams

• Kaisu, iskua, kiuas, kiusa, kusia, sukia, uksia

Latvian

Noun

kausi m

1. nominative/vocative plural of kauss

Verb

kausi

1. second-person singular future indicative of kaut