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liemi.

broth, stock, liquor (water in which food, such as meat or vegetables, has been boiled)

5 characters2 syllables approx.Suomi language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈlie̯mi/[ˈlie̞̯mi]
  1. broth, stock, liquor (water in which food, such as meat or vegetables, has been boiled)

  2. broth, stock (liquid part of a soup)

  3. brine, pickle (salt-and-water solution for pickling)

  4. bath (substance or preparation in which something is immersed, such as for dyeing or tanning)

  5. pickle (a difficult situation)

    figuratively
    Nyt ollaan liemessä.
Where this word comes from

From Proto-Finnic *leemi (compare Estonian leem), from Proto-Uralic *läme (compare Northern Sami liepma, Erzya лем (lem, “fat”), Eastern Mari лем (ĺem), Udmurt лым (lym), Hungarian lé, Tundra Nenets евэй (yewey°)).

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