vuoksi

== Finnish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈʋuo̯ksi/, [ˈʋuo̞̯ks̠i] Rhymes: -uoksi Syllabification(key): vuok‧si Hyphenation(key): vuok‧si === Etymology 1 === vuo (“flow”) +‎ -ksi (translative); for the semantic development, compare Hungarian folytán (from folyik (“to flow”)) ==== Postposition ==== vuoksi [with genitive and/or possessive form] due to, because of, for someone's sake, on account of ===== Usage notes ===== When the complement is a personal pronoun, a possessive suffix is attached to vuoksi. As normal, the first and second person personal pronouns are often omitted, i.e. the person is only indicated by the possessive suffix. ===== Inflection ===== ===== Synonyms ===== takia johdosta tähden ===== See also ===== syy ==== Noun ==== vuoksi translative singular of vuo ==== Further reading ==== “2. vuoksi”, 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 === Derived from vuo (“flow, stream”). Possibly equivalent to vuo +‎ -s; the -ksi for -s (< -ks) is probably an archaism due to the suffix being attached to a monosyllabic stem. The sense "flow, rising tide" is a literary invention from the 1830s, prior to which another literary coinage had actually assigned the opposite meaning ("ebb, receding tide") to it. However, in the end, despite them originally being the other way around, vuoksi and luode came to mean "flow" and "ebb" respectively. ==== Noun ==== vuoksi flow (rising tide) Synonym: nousuvesi Antonyms: luode, laskuvesi synonym of korkeavesi (“high tide”) (rare) A large, rapidly flowing river. Synonyms: kymi, virta ===== Declension ===== Rare: ===== Derived terms ===== ==== Further reading ==== “1. vuoksi”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[2] (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 == Northern Sami == === Pronunciation === === Etymology 1 === From Proto-Samic *vuopsē. ==== Noun ==== vuoksi span (unit of measurement) ===== Inflection ===== ===== Further reading ===== Eino Koponen, Klaas Ruppel, Kirsti Aapala, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎[3], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== vuoksi second-person dual imperative of vuoksit ==== Participle ==== vuoksi present participle of vuoksit