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kahvi.

coffee (beverage made by infusing the beans of the coffee plant)

5 characters2 syllables approx.Suomi language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈkɑhʋi/[ˈkɑ̝xʋi]
  1. coffee (beverage made by infusing the beans of the coffee plant)

    Suomalaiset ovat maailman ahkerimpia kahvin kuluttajia väkilukuun suhteutettuna.
  2. coffee (seeds of the plant used to make coffee, or a powder ground from these seeds)

  3. coffee meeting, especially at someone's home

    in-plural
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Swedish kaffe (with regular -ff- > -hv- due to most Finnish dialects lacking /f/), ultimately from Arabic قَهْوَة (qahwa).

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