jousi

From Proto-Finnic *jousi (“bow”), from Proto-Uralic *joŋse.^[1] Cognates include Erzya ёнкс (jonks, “bow”), Northern Mansi ё̄вт (ë̄vt, “bow”), Hungarian íj (“bow”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈjou̯si/, [ˈjo̞u̯s̠i]
• Rhymes: -ousi
• Syllabification^(key): jou‧si

jousi

1. bow (weapon)
2. spring (mechanical device made of flexible material)
3. (music) bow (rod used for playing stringed instruments)
4. (music) musical bow
5. (music, chiefly in the plural) strings (often collectively, e.g. strings of an orchestra)

• nuoli

• “jousi”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja‎^[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

jousi

1. bow (weapon)