suoni

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsuo̯ni/,
• Rhymes: -uoni
• Syllabification^(key): suo‧ni

Etymology 1

From Proto-Finnic *sooni, from Proto-Uralic *sëne. Cognates include Estonian soon, Erzya сан (san), Northern Mansi та̄н (tān), Hungarian ín (“sinew”).

Noun

suoni

1. (botany) vein (of a leaf)
2. (anatomy) Ellipsis of verisuoni (“blood vessel”).
3. (anatomy, archaic) tendon, sinew; still used in the phrasal verb vetää suonta (“to cramp”)
4. lode, stratum, vein (vein-like deposit of ore; often used in compound terms with a modifier specifying the kind of metal to be found)

   kuparisuoni ― a vein of copper ore

Declension

Synonyms

• malmisuoni
• suonenveto

Derived terms

Further reading

• “suoni”, 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

Noun

suoni

1. inflection of suo:
   1. first-person singular possessive form of nominative/genitive singular
   2. first-person singular possessive form of nominative/accusative plural

Anagrams

• nousi, osuin

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈswɔ.ni/
• Rhymes: -ɔni
• Hyphenation: suò‧ni

Noun

suoni m

1. plural of suono

Verb

suoni

1. inflection of suonare:
   1. second-person singular present
   2. first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
   3. third-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• suino, usino

Karelian

Pronunciation

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Noun

suoni (genitive , partitive )

1. vein