ilve

== Finnish == === Etymology === Unknown. Compare irvi (“grin”) (as in irvessä, irveellään), irviä (“jest, nag”) – ultimately from Proto-Finnic *irvi – as well as ilme (“facial expression”), a 19th century coinage. Related to Ingrian ilve, Karelian ilve and Ludian ilve. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈilʋeˣ/, [ˈilʋe̞(ʔ)] Rhymes: -ilʋe Syllabification(key): il‧ve Hyphenation(key): il‧ve === Noun === ilve prank, joke, trick millä ilveellä ― how on earth (literally, “with what trick”) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “ilve”, 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 === Anagrams === Elvi, Veli, live, veli == Ingrian == === Etymology === From Proto-Finnic *ilveh. Cognates include Finnish ilve. === Pronunciation === (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈilʋe/, [ˈilʲʋ] (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈilʋe/, [ˈilʲʋe̞] Rhymes: -ilʋ, -ilʋe Hyphenation: il‧ve === Noun === ilve practical joke ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === References === Ruben E. Nirvi (1971), Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 92