viini

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋiːni/, [ˈʋiːni]
• Rhymes: -iːni
• Syllabification^(key): vii‧ni

Borrowed from Swedish vin (“wine”), from Old Norse vín. Doublet of viina.

viini

1. wine (alcoholic drink made from grapes)
2. wine (alcoholic drink made from fruit other than grapes; usually prefixed with the name of the fruit)
3. vine (the plant Vitis vinifera, or another of the same genus; by extension of other climbing plants)

   Synonym: viiniköynnös

• “1. viini”, 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

Possibly a backformation based on viineke, an irregular dialectal variant of viileke (“band, strap”), from the same root √viile- as viiltää (“to slit”), from older *vije-. Though appearing in writing since the 16th century, the word is unattested in colloquial speech and may be an old literary coinage.

viini

1. quiver

   Synonyms: nuolikotelo, nuoliviini

• “2. viini”, 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

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viini

1. plural of kiini