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vauhti

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Finnish

Etymology

Possibly derived from onomatopoeic vauh, a wooshing sound. Related to Karelian vauhti and Votic vauhti.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʋɑu̯hti/, [ˈʋɑ̝u̯ht̪i]
  • Rhymes: -ɑuhti
  • Syllabification(key): vauh‧ti
  • Hyphenation(key): vauh‧ti

Noun

vauhti

  1. speed, velocity, pace (see usage notes)
    kova vauhtihigh speed
    hypätä kyydistä vauhdissato jump out of a moving vehicle
    Kovassa menossa vauhti alkaa hirvittää.
    The speed starts to get scary when going fast.
  2. (not technical) momentum
    Synonym: liikemäärä (in physics)
    ottaa vauhtiato take a running start, take a run-up; to run to pick up speed
    Pyöräilijä joutui kävelemään, kun hänen vauhtinsa ei riittänyt ylittämään mäkeä.
    The cyclist had to walk when he didn't have enough momentum to make it uphill.
  3. (physics) speed (magnitude of the velocity)
  4. (slang) speed (slang term for methamphetamine)

Usage notes

In everyday language, the words vauhti and nopeus are synonyms (as is the case with the English equivalents speed and velocity). In scientific use, they have however been redefined (as happened in English) to refer to the scalar and vector aspects of motion, respectively. So in science, vauhti only refers to a movement's magnitude (speed), whereas nopeus also includes information about a movement's direction.

In everyday language, vauhti is also used to refer to momentum.

Declension

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

Derived terms

Further reading

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Ingrian

Etymology

Related to Finnish vauhti.

Pronunciation

  • (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈʋɑu̯hti/, [ˈʋɑu̯htʲ]
  • (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈʋɑu̯hti/, [ˈʋɑu̯hti]
  • Rhymes: -ɑu̯htʲ, -ɑu̯hti
  • Hyphenation: vauh‧ti

Noun

vauhti

  1. speed, velocity

Declension

More information Declension of (type 5/vahti, t- gradation), singular ...

References

  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971), Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 647
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