hirssi
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== Finnish ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Swedish hirs, from German Hirse.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈhirsːi/, [ˈhirs̠ːi]
Rhymes: -irsːi
Syllabification(key): hirs‧si
Hyphenation(key): hirs‧si
=== Noun ===
hirssi
millet (any of a group of various grasses whose grains are used as food, widely cultivated in the developing world)
millet (the grains of these grasses)
panicgrass (grass of the genus Panicum, some of which are used as millet)
proso millet, common millet, Panicum miliaceum (the most widely cultivated variant of millet)
==== Declension ====
==== Synonyms ====
(Panicum miliaceum): viljahirssi
==== Hyponyms ====
(millet):
viljahirssi, Panicum miliaceum
helmisulkahirssi, helmihirssi, purppurasulkahirssi, untuvaheinä, neekerinhirssi, Pennisetum glaucum
tähkähirssi, italianpantaheinä, koristehirssi, Setaria italica
afrikansormihirssi, Eleusine coracana
tefheinä, tefhirssi, Eragrostis tef
japaninhirssi, Echinochloa esculenta, Echinochloa utilis
jobinkyynelheinä, Coix lacryma-jobi
fonio; refers to two species, Digitaria exilis and Digitaria iburua
pikkuhirssi (Panicum sumatrense)
(Panicum):
hapsihirssi, Panicum capillare
haarahirssi, Panicum dichotomiflorum
viljahirssi, Panicum miliaceum
lännenhirssi, luutahirssi, Panicum virgatum
==== Derived terms ====
==== See also ====
durra
=== Further reading ===
“hirssi”, 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