Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkuːsi/, [ˈkuːs̠i]
  • Rhymes: -uːsi
  • Syllabification(key): kuu‧si
  • Hyphenation(key): kuu‧si

Etymology 1

From Proto-Finnic *kuuci (compare Estoniankuus), from Proto-Finno-Ugric *kutte (compare Erzya кото (koto), Northern Khanty хәт (hət), Northern Mansi хо̄т (hōt), Hungarian hat).

Numeral

kuusi

  1. six

kuusi kuusta joulukuussa ― six spruce trees in December

etymology 2

From Proto-Finnic *kuusi (compare Estoniankuusk), from Proto-Uralic *kowse (compare Northern Sami guossa, Erzya куз (kuz), Eastern Mari кож (kož), Udmurt кыз (kyz), Tundra Nenets хады (xadi)).

Noun

kuusi

  1. spruce (any tree in the genus Picea)Kuusi on valtapuulaji noin kolmasosassa Suomen metsiä.Spruce is the dominating tree in about one third of Finnish forests.
  2. Norway spruce, Picea abies
  3. spruce (wood of spruce)Perinteisesti puulattiat tehtiin kuusesta.Traditionally the wooden floors were made of spruce.

Etymology 3

Noun

kuusi

  1. inflection of kuu:
  2. second-person singular possessive form of nominative/genitive singular
  3. second-person singular possessive form of nominative/accusative plural

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