villi

villi

1. plural of villus

Borrowed from Old Swedish viller.

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋilːi/, [ˈʋilːi]
• Rhymes: -ilːi
• Hyphenation^(key): vil‧li

villi (comparative villimpi, superlative villein)

1. wild
2. savage
3. feral (wild, untamed, especially of domesticated animals having returned to the wild)
4. wildcat (unauthorized)

   Juutalaiset siirtolaiset ovat pystyttäneet uusia villejä siirtokuntia Länsirannan mäkien päälle.

   Jewish settlers have been putting up new wildcat outposts on hilltops in the West Bank.

5. far-fetched (not likely; difficult to believe)

   Hänellä on paljon villejä ideoita rahan ansaitsemiseksi.

   He is full of far-fetched ideas to make money.

• (feral): villiintynyt
• (wildcat): luvaton
• (far-fetched): uskomaton

• → Ingrian: villi

villi

1. (archaic, now derogatory) Ellipsis of villi-ihminen (“savage”).

• “villi”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-04

• IPA^(key): [ˈvilːi]
• Hyphenation: vil‧li
• Rhymes: -li

From German Willi, from Slovak víly, plural of víla (“fairy”).

villi (plural villik)

1. fairy

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	villi	villik
accusative	villit	villiket
dative	villinek	villiknek
instrumental	villivel	villikkel
causal-final	villiért	villikért
translative	villivé	villikké
terminative	villiig	villikig
essive-formal	villiként	villikként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	villiben	villikben
superessive	villin	villiken
adessive	villinél	villiknél
illative	villibe	villikbe
sublative	villire	villikre
allative	villihez	villikhez
elative	villiből	villikből
delative	villiről	villikről
ablative	villitől	villiktől
non-attributive possessive - singular	villié	villiké
non-attributive possessive - plural	villiéi	villikéi

Possessive forms of villi
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	villim	villijeim (or villiim)
2nd person sing.	villid	villijeid (or villiid)
3rd person sing.	villije	villijei (or villii)
1st person plural	villink	villijeink (or villiink)
2nd person plural	villitek	villijeitek (or villiitek)
3rd person plural	villijük	villijeik (or villiik)

Abbreviation of villamos (“tram”).

• vili

villi (plural villik)

1. (informal) tram

   Synonym: villamos

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	villi	villik
accusative	villit	villiket
dative	villinek	villiknek
instrumental	villivel	villikkel
causal-final	villiért	villikért
translative	villivé	villikké
terminative	villiig	villikig
essive-formal	villiként	villikként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	villiben	villikben
superessive	villin	villiken
adessive	villinél	villiknél
illative	villibe	villikbe
sublative	villire	villikre
allative	villihez	villikhez
elative	villiből	villikből
delative	villiről	villikről
ablative	villitől	villiktől
non-attributive possessive - singular	villié	villiké
non-attributive possessive - plural	villiéi	villikéi

Possessive forms of villi
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	villim	villijeim (or villiim)
2nd person sing.	villid	villijeid (or villiid)
3rd person sing.	villije	villijei (or villii)
1st person plural	villink	villijeink (or villiink)
2nd person plural	villitek	villijeitek (or villiitek)
3rd person plural	villijük	villijeik (or villiik)

• Idegen szavak és kifejezések szótára, Bakos Ferenc, Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest, 1989, →ISBN
• Le Villi on Wikipedia.Wikipedia According to the legend of the villi, when a woman dies of a broken heart, the fairies force the heart breaker to dance until death.

Borrowed from Estonian vill.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈʋilːi/, [ˈʋilʲː]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈʋilːi/, [ˈʋilːi]
• Rhymes: -ilʲː, -ilːi
• Hyphenation: vil‧li

villi

1. callus

Declension of villi (type 5/vahti, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	villi	villit
genitive	villin	villiin, villilöin
partitive	villiä	villijä, villilöjä
illative	villii	villii, villilöihe
inessive	villiis	villiis, villilöis
elative	villist	villiist, villilöist
allative	villille	villiille, villilöille
adessive	villiil	villiil, villilöil
ablative	villilt	villiilt, villilöilt
translative	villiks	villiiks, villilöiks
essive	villinnä, villiin	villiinnä, villilöinnä, villiin, villilöin
exessive1)	villint	villiint, villilöint
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

Borrowed from Finnish villi.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈʋilːi/, [ˈʋilʲː]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈʋilːi/, [ˈʋilːi]
• Rhymes: -ilʲː, -ilːi
• Hyphenation: vil‧li

villi (comparative villimp)

1. wild

Declension of villi (type 5/vahti, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	villi	villit
genitive	villin	villiin, villilöin
partitive	villiä	villijä, villilöjä
illative	villii	villii, villilöihe
inessive	villiis	villiis, villilöis
elative	villist	villiist, villilöist
allative	villille	villiille, villilöille
adessive	villiil	villiil, villilöil
ablative	villilt	villiilt, villilöilt
translative	villiks	villiiks, villilöiks
essive	villinnä, villiin	villiinnä, villilöinnä, villiin, villilöin
exessive1)	villint	villiint, villilöint
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

• diikkoi

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 667

• IPA^(key): /ˈvil.li/
• Rhymes: -illi
• Hyphenation: vìl‧li

villi m

1. plural of villo

villī

1. inflection of villus:
   1. nominative/vocative plural
   2. genitive singular

From Old French veillier, from Latin vigilare, present active infinitive of vigilo (“I watch”).

villi

1. (France) to watch over

• villie
• révilli