hevonen

== Finnish == === Alternative forms === heponen, hevoinen, hepoinen (dialectal, archaic) === Etymology === From Proto-Finnic *hëpoinën, roughly equivalent to hepo (“horse”) (now poetic) +‎ -(i)nen (diminutive suffix). The weak grade -v- originates from the southwestern dialects, while the expected strong-grade heponen is only found in dialects, mainly in the southeast. Compare cognates in other Finnic languages such as Estonian hobune, Karelian hepoine. See hepo, *hëpo for further etymology. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈheʋonen/, [ˈhe̞ʋo̞ne̞n] Rhymes: -eʋonen Syllabification(key): he‧vo‧nen Hyphenation(key): he‧vo‧nen === Noun === hevonen horse, Equus caballus Synonyms: (poetic) hepo, (childish) heppa, hoppa, humma, polle, (disparaging) koni, kaakki, kopukka, (archaic or humorous) hopo, hopoti (in compounds) equine, horse (gymnastics) horse (chess) synonym of ratsu (“knight”) (colloquial) horsepower (short for hevosvoima) (weaving, chiefly in the plural) horse (lever(s) suspending the heddle(s) in a loom) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== See also ==== === Further reading === “hevonen”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023