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vilja.

grain, cereal, corn (type of grass cultivated for its edible grains)

5 characters2 syllables approx.Suomi language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈʋiljɑ/[ˈʋiljɑ̝]

  1. grain, cereal, corn (type of grass cultivated for its edible grains)

  2. grain (harvested seeds from such or similar plants collectively)

  3. abundance

    archaic · dialectal
Where this word comes from

From Proto-Finnic *vilja (compare Estonian vili, Karelian vil'l'a, Veps vilʹlʹ), borrowed from Balto-Slavic or Baltic (compare Proto-Slavic *obilъ, whence Russian обилие (obilije, “abundance”) and Czech obilí (“grain”)); see the Proto-Finnic entry for more.

adj/ˈʋiljɑ/[ˈʋiljɑ̝]

  1. synonym of runsas (“abundant”)

    archaic · rare
Where this word comes from

From Proto-Finnic *vilja (compare Estonian vili, Karelian vil'l'a, Veps vilʹlʹ), borrowed from Balto-Slavic or Baltic (compare Proto-Slavic *obilъ, whence Russian обилие (obilije, “abundance”) and Czech obilí (“grain”)); see the Proto-Finnic entry for more.

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