vesi

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *veci, from Proto-Uralic *wete. Cognates include Finnish vesi, Hungarian víz. May ultimately be a cognate of Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥, in which case compare to Scottish Gaelic uisge, Irish uisce, Russian вода́ (vodá), English water.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvesi/

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Noun

vesi (genitive vee, partitive vett)

1. water

Declension

Derived terms

• allvee-
• veevarustus

Further reading

• “vesi”, in Eesti keele põhisõnavara sõnastik [Dictionary of Estonian Basic Vocabulary] (in Estonian) (online version, not updated), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2014
• “vesi”, in Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009

Faroese

Etymology

From English WC.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈveːsɪ/

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Noun

vesi n (genitive singular vesis, plural vesi or vesir)

1. WC, toilet, bathroom

Declension

Finnish

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vesi

Wikipedia ^fi

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *veci, from Proto-Uralic *wete. Cognates include Estonian vesi, Erzya ведь (veď), and Hungarian víz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋesi/,
• Rhymes: -esi
• Syllabification^(key): ve‧si

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Noun

vesi

1. water

   vesiliuos ― aqueous solution

   vesitaso ― hydrofoil

   Saisinko vettä?

   Could I have water?

   Lasi(llinen) vettä, kiitos.

   A glass of water please.

   Tämä vesi on likaista.

   This water is dirty.

2. (in place names) lake

   Suvasvesi ― Lake Suvasvesi

3. (usually in the plural) rheum (watery or thin discharge from the eyes)

   vedet silmissä ― with tears (of joy or agony)

Declension

Derived terms

See also

• vetää

References

Further reading

• “vesi”, 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

Ingrian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *veci. Cognates include Finnish vesi and Estonian vesi.

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈʋesi/,
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈʋesi/,
• Rhymes: -esi
• Hyphenation: ve‧si

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Noun

vesi

1. water
   • 1936, N. A. Iljin and V. I. Junus, Bukvari iƶoroin șkouluja vart, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 24:

     Siin ono vari vesi.

     In it is warm water.

   • 1936, D. I. Efimov, Lukukirja: Inkeroisia alkușkouluja vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 14:

     Jäättyi vesi.

     The water froze.

Declension

Derived terms

References

• V. I. Junus (1936) Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 63
• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 658
• Olga I. Konkova, Nikita A. Dyachkov (2014) Inkeroin Keel: Пособие по Ижорскому Языку‎, →ISBN, pages 11-12

Karelian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *veci. Cognates include Finnish vesi and Veps vezi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋesʲi/
• Hyphenation: ve‧si

Noun

vesi (genitive vejen, partitive vettä)

1. (North Karelian) water

Declension

References

• P. Zaykov, L. Rugoyeva (1999) “vesi”, in Карельско-Русский словарь (Северно-Карельские диалекты) [Karelian-Russian dictionary (North Karelian dialects)], Petrozavodsk, →ISBN, page 205

Slovene

Verb

vẹ́si

1. second-person singular imperative of vẹ́siti

Võro

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vesi

Wikipedia ^vro

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *veci.

Noun

vesi (genitive vii, partitive vett)

1. water

Inflection

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Votic

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *veci, from Proto-Uralic *wete.

Pronunciation

• (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈvesi/,
• Rhymes: -esi
• Hyphenation: ve‧si

Noun

vesi

1. water

Inflection

References

• Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn