ilmi

See also: Ilmi and ilmî

Finnish

Etymology

ilma (“air”) +‎ -i (“lative ending”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈilmi/, [ˈilmi]
• Rhymes: -ilmi
• Syllabification^(key): il‧mi

Adverb

ilmi

1. public, known, to the daylight, to the open (ceasing to be secret, unknown or hidden)

   käydä ilmi / tulla ilmi ― to be revealed, to transpire, to become known, to be brought to the daylight

   tuoda ilmi / saattaa ilmi ― to reveal, to bring to the open

   antaa ilmi ― to blow the whistle, to inform, to report

2. (as modifier) completely, very much

   ilmiselvä ― obvious / completely clear

   ilmi elävä ― very much alive

3. (as modifier) outright, full

   Kinastelu muuttui vähitellen ilmiriidaksi.

   The bickering gradually turned into an outright fight.

Usage notes

As an adverb, ilmi usually but not necessarily implies a change of state from unknown to known and so is mostly used with verbs that express change or movement. It is rarely used to describe a state of being known: asia on ilmi (“the matter is out in the open”) is possible, but rare. As a modifier, it is usually written as an open (spaced) compound together with adjectives, adverbs, and nouns, but only as a closed compound with verbs. Some commonly used collocations may be written both ways: ilmiselvä / ilmi selvä, ilmiliekki / ilmi liekki, ilmiriita / ilmi riita, and yet others are always closed: ilmiantaja, ilmianto, ilmiasu, ilmitulo.

Synonyms

• (to the open): julki

  (to be revealed): osoittautua

  (to reveal): paljastaa

  (to report): ilmiantaa

• (completely): täysin
• (real, true): todellinen

Derived terms

• antaa ilmi
• ilmetä
• ilmiantaa
• ilmianto
• ilmiasu
• ilmielävä
• ilmiliekeissä
• ilmiliekki
• ilmiriita
• ilmiselvä
• ilmisota
• ilmituli
• ilmitulo
• ilmituoda
• ilmituominen
• ilmiö
• käydä ilmi
• tuoda ilmi

 

Related terms

• ilmeinen (obvious)

Further reading

• “ilmi”, 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 2023-07-02

Anagrams

• limi

Hausa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔíl.mìː/, /ʔîl.míː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [ʔɪ́l.mìː], [ʔɪ̂l.míː]

Noun

ilmî m (possessed form ilmîn) or îlmī m (possessed form îlmin)

1. Alternative form of ilìmī

Icelandic

Noun

ilmi

1. indefinite dative singular of ilmur

Turkish

Adjective

ilmi

1. Alternative spelling of ilmî.

Noun

ilmi

1. accusative singular of ilim
2. third-person singular possessive of ilim