hyvä veli
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]hyvä (“good, dear”) + veli (“brother”)
Noun
[edit]- A salutation used at the beginning of a friendly, often confidential letter from male to male
- Synonym: (abbreviation) H.V.
- Used attributively to make a reference to cronyism; notably in expressions hyvä veli -järjestelmä and hyvä veli -verkosto.
Declension
[edit]- Both words are inflected.
Derived terms
[edit]compounds