väki

From Proto-Finnic *väki (“power, strength”), from Proto-Finno-Ugric *wäke (“power, strength”). Cognates include Estonian vägi, Ludian vägi, Veps vägi, Votic vätši, Livonian vä'g, Erzya вий (vij), Udmurt ви (vi), and Northern Khanty вӛй (wjəj).

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋæki/,
• Rhymes: -æki
• Hyphenation^(key): vä‧ki

väki

1. (chiefly in the singular) people, crowd
2. (archaic outside compounds) power, strength, force

The sense "power, strength" now exists only in some compounds and derived words, such as väkivalta (“violence”), väkijuoma (“alcoholic beverage”), väkevä (“strong”), and väkisin (“forcefully”). A transitional sense exists in e.g. sotaväki, which can be thought to mean either military power or the people in the army; such words may have contributed to the semantic change.^[1]

• “väki”, 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 2023-07-04

• kävi

From Proto-Finnic *väki. Cognates include Finnish väki and Estonian vägi.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈʋæki/,
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈʋæki/,
• Rhymes: -æki
• Hyphenation: vä‧ki

väki

1. (chiefly in the singular) people, crowd
   • 1936, N. A. Iljin and V. I. Junus, Bukvari iƶoroin șkouluja vart, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 49:

     Joka paikaas flakut, väki.

     Everywhere there's flags, there's people

     (literally, “In every place flags, people.”)

   • 1936, D. I. Efimov, Lukukirja: Inkeroisia alkușkouluja vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 6:

     Kaik väki jo on töös.
     Lapsiil omat hoolet on ees.

     All the people are already working.
     Even children have their own concerns.

• rahvas, miira

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 682
• Olga I. Konkova, Nikita A. Dyachkov (2014) Inkeroin Keel: Пособие по Ижорскому Языку‎, →ISBN, page 76