sivu

Unknown. Cognate to Ingrian sivu, Karelian šivu and possibly Votic sivud (“loins, small of the back”) (probably borrowed from Ingrian). Perhaps also akin to Karelian šivassa (“tilted, askew, off to the side”), šipah, šipa- (in šipatuuli (“crosswind”)), perhaps suggesting that sivu is a back-formation and originally of the form *sipu (attested in Eurén 1860 as sipuun as a synonym of sivuun), perhaps a derivative of *sipa (compare sipale).

• IPA^(key): /ˈsiʋu/,
• Rhymes: -iʋu
• Hyphenation^(key): si‧vu

sivu

1. page, side (one surface of a sheet of paper)
2. side (bounding straight edge of a two-dimensional shape)

   Neliöllä on neljä sivua.

   A square has four sides.

3. side (flat surface of a three-dimensional object; a face)

   Synonym: tahko

   Kuutiolla on kuusi sivua.

   A cube has six sides.

4. flank (extreme left or right edge of a military formation)
5. flank, side (flesh between the last rib and the hip)

   Synonym: kylki

6. (in compounds) side, secondary, auxiliary

• siivu

• “sivu”, 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 2023-07-03

• Suvi, suvi, visu

Akin to Finnish sivu and Karelian šivu.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈsiʋu/,
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈsiʋu/,
• Rhymes: -iʋu
• Hyphenation: si‧vu

sivu

1. side (body part)
2. (in the plural) loins

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 530

sivu

1. inflection of siv:
   1. indefinite masculine/neuter dative/locative singular
   2. feminine accusative singular

• siu

From Latin sebum (“sebum”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈsi.u/, ,
• Hyphenation: sì‧vu

sivu m (plural sivi)

1. fat, sebum

• nzivari