ohi

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *ohja, cognate to Finnish ohja and Votic õhjõ. Possibly a loan from Proto-Germanic *ansijō.

Noun

ohi (genitive ohja, partitive ohja)

1. rein

Declension

Finnish

Etymology 1

Lative: ohi (noun) +‎ -i.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈohi(ˣ)/,
• Rhymes: -ohi
• Syllabification^(key): o‧hi

Adverb

ohi

1. (spatial) past, beyond

   Minun piti kääntyä toisesta risteyksestä oikealle, mutta ajoinkin ohi.

   I was supposed to turn right from the second intersection but I missed it.

   (literally, “drove past”)

2. (temporal) over

   Se on ohi nyt. ― It is over now.

   ohi on ― is over (e.g. referring to military service)

Usage notes

• The inflected forms shown in the table are used as adverbs, postpositions and prepositions, see appropriate entries.

Inflection

Synonyms

• ohitse

Postposition

ohi (+ genitive)

1. (spatial) by, past (when one goes through the space that is next to something)

   Pallo pyöri tuolin ohi ja ovesta ulos.

   The ball rolled by the chair and out of the door.

   Pallo pyöri minun ohitseni.

   The ball rolled past me.

2. (spatial) wide

   Nuoli meni maalin ohi.

   The arrow fell wide of the mark.

Usage notes

ohi cannot take a possessive suffix; ohitse is used instead if possessive forms are desired.

Synonyms

• ohitse

Preposition

ohi (+ elative)

1. (spatial) past (when going or having gone past, i.e. passing, usually physically)

   Olimme jo ohi sillasta, kun onnettomuus tapahtui.

   We were already past the bridge, when the accident took place.

Synonyms

• ohitse

Interjection

ohi

1. miss! (used like an interjection to indicate that a shot missed the target)

Derived terms

Further reading

• “ohi”, 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

Etymology 2

From Proto-Finnic *ohi, possibly from Proto-Finno-Permic *woša.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈohi/,
• Rhymes: -ohi
• Syllabification^(key): o‧hi

Noun

ohi (obsolete)

1. side, flank

Declension

• The word is basically only attested in some forms.

• Prolative: ohitse

Synonyms

• kuve
• kylki
• pieli
• sivu
• vieri
• vierusta

Derived terms

Anagrams

• hio, hoi, iho

Nias

Noun

ohi (mutated form nohi)

1. coconut palm

References

• Sundermann, Heinrich. 1905. Niassisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Moers: Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen, p. 159.