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riihi.

A traditional northern European (Fennoscandian and Russian) grain drying and threshing cabin, in which the grain was dried in the heat and smoke of a chimneyless stove and then threshed on the floor.

5 characters2 syllables approx.Suomi language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈriːhi/[ˈriːɦi]
  1. A traditional northern European (Fennoscandian and Russian) grain drying and threshing cabin, in which the grain was dried in the heat and smoke of a chimneyless stove and then threshed on the floor.

    historical
  2. workshop (collaborative effort to some end)

    broadly · in-compounds
Where this word comes from

From Proto-Finnic *riihi, from Proto-Finno-Permic *riŋeše, itself possibly a Wanderwort. Cognates include Estonian rehi, Karelian riihi. Swedish ria and Latvian rija are borrowings from Finnic.

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