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jengi

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Finnish

Etymology

Borrowing from Swedish gäng. Sense two is a semantic loan from English gang.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈjeŋːi/, [ˈje̞ŋːi]
  • Rhymes: -eŋːi
  • Syllabification(key): jen‧gi
  • Hyphenation(key): jen‧gi

Noun

jengi

  1. (colloquial) people, folk
    Synonyms: kansa, popula, porukka, väki
    Onpa täällä paljon jengiä.
    There's quite a lot of people here.
  2. gang (criminal organisation)
  3. (sports, colloquial) team, club
    Synonyms: joukkue, seura

Declension

More information nominative, genitive ...
More information first-person singular possessor, singular ...

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