seinä

== Finnish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈsei̯næ/, [ˈs̠e̞i̯næ] Rhymes: -einæ Syllabification(key): sei‧nä Hyphenation(key): sei‧nä === Etymology 1 === From Proto-Finnic *saina (compare Estonian sein), borrowed from Baltic (compare Latvian siena (“wall”)). ==== Noun ==== seinä wall (substantial structure acting as side or division in a building; something with the apparent solidity and dimensions of a building wall; also figurative uses) kantava seinä ― load-bearing wall (colloquial) mains (domestic electrical power supply) ===== Declension ===== ===== Derived terms ===== ===== See also ===== muuri ==== Further reading ==== “seinä”, 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 1 July 2023 === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== seinä essive singular/plural of sei === Etymology 3 === ==== Noun ==== seinä essive plural of see === Anagrams === sineä == Ingrian == === Etymology === From Proto-Finnic *saina. Cognates include Finnish seinä and Estonian sein. === Pronunciation === (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈsei̯næ/, [ˈs̠e̞i̯n] (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈsei̯næ/, [ˈʃe̞i̯næ] Rhymes: -ei̯n, -ei̯næ Hyphenation: sei‧nä === Noun === seinä wall side ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === References === Ruben E. Nirvi (1971), Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 516 == Karelian == === Noun === seinä (genitive seinän, partitive seinyä) superseded spelling of šeinä === References === P. Zaykov; L. Rugoyeva (1999), “seinä”, in Карельско-Русский словарь (Северно-Карельские диалекты) [Karelian-Russian dictionary (North Karelian dialects)], Petrozavodsk, →ISBN