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liivi.

vest, waistcoat (sleeveless garment that buttons down the front, worn over a shirt, and often as part of a suit)

5 characters2 syllables approx.Suomi language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈliːʋi/[ˈliːʋi]
  1. vest, waistcoat (sleeveless garment that buttons down the front, worn over a shirt, and often as part of a suit)

    nahkaliivi
  2. vest (protective sleeveless garment worn over outer clothing)

  3. ellipsis of rintaliivit (“bra”)

    abbreviation · alt-of · ellipsis · in-plural
  4. vest (of any kind; from compounds)

    in-plural
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Swedish liv.

noun/ˈliːʋi/[ˈliːʋi]
  1. Livonian (language)

Where this word comes from

From Estonian liivi, from Middle Low German [Term?] (whence also German Live (“Livonian”); the -b- > -v- occurred at this stage, -b- is original and forms with -v- are mediated through Germanic), probably originally from the endonym Livonian Līb (compare also Old East Slavic либь (libĭ), Latvian lībis).

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