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sieni.

mushroom (fruiting body of a fungus)

5 characters2 syllables approx.Suomi language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈsie̯ni/[ˈs̠ie̞̯ni]

  1. mushroom (fruiting body of a fungus)

    olla sienessä

  2. fungus, mushroom (any member of the kingdom Fungi)

  3. ellipsis of pesusieni (“sponge, bath sponge”)

    abbreviation · alt-of · ellipsis

  4. sponge (porous material)

  5. sponge (heavy drinker)

    informal
Where this word comes from

From Proto-Finnic *seeni, from Proto-Uralic *śänᴈ ~ *śenᴈ. Cognates include Estonian seen, Northern Sami čátná (“tinder fungus”), Udmurt сеньки (śeńki, “tinder”). Latvian sẽne is a loan from Finnic.

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