Appendix:Finnish homonyms

The following is a collection of homonyms in the Finnish language. The list only includes words in their uninflected form:

A

 * 1) noun: alpaca
 * 2) noun: nickel silver
 * 1) noun: nickel silver


 * 1) noun: ark
 * 2) noun: sheet
 * 1) noun: sheet


 * 1) noun: aura
 * 2) noun: plough
 * 1) noun: plough

F

 * 1) noun: frieze
 * 2) noun: the Frisian language
 * 1) noun: the Frisian language

H

 * 1) noun: haiku
 * 2) noun: lingering smell or feeling
 * 1) noun: lingering smell or feeling


 * 1) noun: latch
 * 2) noun: pasture
 * 1) noun: pasture


 * 1) verb: to hug
 * 2) verb: to yearn
 * 1) verb: to yearn


 * 1) noun: grey seal
 * 2) noun: hall
 * 1) noun: hall


 * 1) noun: hag
 * 2) noun: harp
 * 1) noun: harp


 * 1) adjective: entire (limited to idiomatic usage)
 * 2) noun: hilt
 * 1) noun: hilt


 * 1) interjection: gee
 * 2) noun: weld
 * 1) noun: weld

J

 * 1) noun: sloop
 * 2) noun: yacht
 * 3) noun: hunt
 * 1) noun: hunt


 * 1) noun: junta
 * 2) noun: pile driver
 * 1) noun: pile driver


 * 1) noun: a Dane (colloquial)
 * 2) noun: jute
 * 1) noun: jute

K

 * 1) noun: auger
 * 2) noun: backwoods
 * 1) noun: backwoods


 * 1) noun: chalice
 * 2) noun: lime
 * 1) noun: lime


 * 1) verb: to incline
 * 2) verb: to raise in price
 * 1) verb: to raise in price


 * 1) noun: cloth
 * 2) noun: traversable woodland
 * 1) noun: traversable woodland


 * 1) noun: pawn shop (colloquial)
 * 2) noun: rabbit
 * 1) noun: rabbit


 * 1) noun: a volume unit
 * 2) noun: overcoat
 * 1) noun: overcoat


 * 1) noun: crusty soot
 * 2) noun: wool card
 * 1) noun: wool card


 * 1) noun: caste
 * 2) noun: sauce (dialectal)
 * 1) noun: sauce (dialectal)


 * 1) noun: biscuit
 * 2) noun: hook (pole with a hook, used to handle logs in water)
 * 1) noun: hook (pole with a hook, used to handle logs in water)


 * 1) noun: sergeant (colloquial)
 * 2) noun: cigarette (colloquial)
 * 1) noun: cigarette (colloquial)


 * 1) noun: hurry
 * 2) noun: thigh (archaic)
 * 1) noun: thigh (archaic)


 * 1) noun: kilo- (colloquially also: kilogram)
 * 2) noun: sheen, sunlight
 * 1) noun: sheen, sunlight


 * 1) adjective: nice
 * 2) noun: kilt
 * 1) noun: kilt


 * 1) adverb: soon
 * 2) noun: place, point
 * 1) noun: place, point


 * 1) noun: dawn
 * 2) noun: moth
 * 1) noun: moth


 * 1) noun: cola
 * 2) noun: plough
 * 1) noun: plough


 * 1) noun: freight item
 * 2) noun: tomcat
 * 1) noun: tomcat


 * 1) noun: backpack
 * 2) noun: container
 * 3) noun: foot (archaic)
 * 1) noun: foot (archaic)


 * 1) noun: catch
 * 2) noun: doghouse
 * 1) noun: doghouse


 * 1) adjective: decorated, garish
 * 2) noun: the Korean language
 * 3) noun: chorea
 * 1) noun: chorea


 * 1) noun: caraway
 * 2) noun: toll, rumble (low, echoing sound)
 * 1) noun: toll, rumble (low, echoing sound)


 * 1) noun: apse
 * 2) noun: bark, shell, skin, peel, envelope
 * 1) noun: bark, shell, skin, peel, envelope


 * 1) noun: cucumber
 * 2) noun: throat
 * 1) noun: throat


 * 1) noun: animal fat (dialectal)
 * 2) noun: Moon
 * 3) pronunciation of "Q"
 * 1) pronunciation of "Q"


 * 1) adjective: deaf
 * 2) noun: rainshower
 * 1) noun: rainshower


 * 1) numeral: six
 * 2) noun: spruce
 * 1) noun: spruce

L

 * 1) noun: bearing
 * 2) noun: holly, laurel
 * 1) noun: holly, laurel


 * 1) noun: bay
 * 2) noun: slaughter
 * 1) noun: slaughter


 * 1) noun: pier
 * 2) noun: winger
 * 1) noun: winger


 * 1) verb: to cease
 * 2) verb: to lacquer
 * 1) verb: to lacquer


 * 1) noun: law
 * 2) noun: summit
 * 1) noun: summit


 * 1) noun: cloudberry
 * 2) noun: lacquer
 * 3) noun: pigeon house
 * 1) noun: pigeon house


 * 1) noun: depression
 * 2) noun: lama
 * 1) noun: lama


 * 1) noun: to cover with notes
 * 2) noun: to run (idiomatic)
 * 1) noun: to run (idiomatic)


 * 1) verb: to count
 * 2) verb: to put down
 * 1) verb: to put down


 * 1) adjective: mild
 * 2) noun: a kind of grass (Deschampsia)
 * 1) noun: a kind of grass (Deschampsia)


 * 1) noun: canter, gallop
 * 2) noun: onion
 * 1) noun: onion


 * 1) noun: the Livonian language
 * 2) noun: vest
 * 1) noun: vest


 * 1) noun: fly (in pants) (usually in plural)
 * 2) noun: lychee
 * 1) noun: lychee


 * 1) noun: long drink
 * 2) noun: tentacle
 * 1) noun: tentacle


 * 1) noun: ebb
 * 2) noun: northwest
 * 1) noun: northwest


 * 1) noun: lute
 * 2) noun: rag
 * 1) noun: rag


 * 1) noun: flap
 * 2) noun: joke (colloquial)
 * 1) noun: joke (colloquial)


 * 1) noun: a Latvian
 * 2) noun: pigpen
 * 1) noun: pigpen


 * 1) noun: gasoline (colloquial)
 * 2) noun: a talkative person (colloquial)
 * 1) noun: a talkative person (colloquial)


 * 1) noun: crowd (colloquial)
 * 2) noun: loess
 * 1) noun: loess

M

 * 1) noun: goal
 * 2) noun: paint
 * 1) noun: paint


 * 1) noun: marsh
 * 2) noun: marshall
 * 1) noun: marshall


 * 1) noun: math (colloquial)
 * 2) noun: burbot (colloquial)
 * 1) noun: burbot (colloquial)


 * 1) noun: mocca
 * 2) noun: suede
 * 1) noun: suede


 * 1) noun: mono
 * 2) noun: ski boot
 * 1) noun: ski boot


 * 1) noun: a cubic meter of firewood
 * 2) noun: motti
 * 1) noun: motti


 * 1) noun: ant (colloquial)
 * 2) noun: teenager (colloquial)
 * 1) noun: teenager (colloquial)


 * 1) noun: hunch
 * 2) noun: minnow
 * 1) noun: minnow

N

 * 1) noun: frankfurter
 * 2) noun: mousetrap
 * 1) noun: mousetrap


 * 1) noun: awl
 * 2) noun: kid
 * 1) noun: kid


 * 1) adjective: flexible
 * 2) noun: the Norwegian language
 * 1) noun: the Norwegian language

O

 * 1) adjective: ochre
 * 2) noun: okra
 * 1) noun: okra

P

 * 1) noun: defenceman (colloquial)
 * 2) noun: package, toolbox
 * 3) noun: reverse gear (colloquial)
 * 1) noun: reverse gear (colloquial)


 * 1) noun: testicles, balls (usually in plural)
 * 2) noun: seat
 * 1) noun: seat


 * 1) noun: parka
 * 2) noun: someone pitiful
 * 1) noun: someone pitiful


 * 1) noun: bark
 * 2) noun: barque
 * 3) noun: parking
 * 1) noun: parking


 * 1) noun: flock, school
 * 2) noun: loft
 * 1) noun: loft


 * 1) verb: to pamper
 * 2) verb: to pass for
 * 1) verb: to pass for


 * 1) noun: guard duty
 * 2) noun: passport
 * 1) noun: passport


 * 1) noun: cartridge (of a bullet)
 * 2) noun: industrialist
 * 1) noun: industrialist


 * 1) noun: lump
 * 2) noun: stalemate
 * 1) noun: stalemate


 * 1) noun: nester
 * 2) noun: washer
 * 1) noun: washer


 * 1) noun: silicon
 * 2) noun: tooth, spike (archaic)
 * 1) noun: tooth, spike (archaic)


 * 1) adjective: hidden
 * 2) noun: diatom
 * 1) noun: diatom


 * 1) noun: piece of music
 * 2) noun: stove
 * 1) noun: stove


 * 1) noun: frame
 * 2) noun: seductee (colloquial)
 * 1) noun: seductee (colloquial)


 * 1) noun: to bow
 * 2) noun: to pick someone up, to seduce
 * 1) noun: to pick someone up, to seduce


 * 1) noun: bollard
 * 2) noun: policeman (colloquial)
 * 1) noun: policeman (colloquial)


 * 1) noun: ashes; grounds (usually in plural)
 * 2) noun: reindeer
 * 1) noun: reindeer


 * 1) noun: fortune teller (colloquial)
 * 2) noun: pocket inside a shirt or coat (colloquial)
 * 1) noun: pocket inside a shirt or coat (colloquial)


 * 1) noun: alcoholic (colloquial]
 * 2) noun: puli (dog)
 * 1) noun: puli (dog)


 * 1) noun: clock weight
 * 2) noun: bundle, packet
 * 3) noun: trouser leg
 * 1) noun: trouser leg


 * 1) noun: lingonberry (dialectal)
 * 2) noun: pole, stalk
 * 3) noun: the Polish language
 * 1) noun: the Polish language


 * 1) noun: laundry
 * 2) noun: milestone
 * 1) noun: milestone


 * 1) verb: to chatter
 * 2) verb: to give off dust
 * 1) verb: to give off dust

R

 * 1) adjective: raw, brutal
 * 2) noun: yard (of ship)
 * 1) noun: yard (of ship)


 * 1) noun: goat willow
 * 2) noun: raita
 * 3) noun: stripe
 * 1) noun: stripe


 * 1) noun: border
 * 2) noun: piece of rubbish
 * 1) noun: piece of rubbish


 * 1) noun: dragoon
 * 2) noun: tarragon
 * 1) noun: tarragon


 * 1) noun: grating
 * 2) noun: rally
 * 3) noun: a k. of song
 * 1) noun: a k. of song


 * 1) verb: to plaster
 * 2) verb: to rap (alternate spelling of räpätä)
 * 1) verb: to rap (alternate spelling of räpätä)


 * 1) noun: driving wheel
 * 2) noun: funnel
 * 1) noun: funnel


 * 1) noun: record (colloquial)
 * 2) noun: truck
 * 1) noun: truck


 * 1) noun: chain
 * 2) noun: rune
 * 1) noun: rune


 * 1) noun: rice
 * 2) noun: ream (of paper)
 * 1) noun: ream (of paper)


 * 1) verb: to be enough
 * 2) verb: to gain a crust of frost (of a body of water)
 * 1) verb: to gain a crust of frost (of a body of water)


 * 1) adverb: broken
 * 2) noun: sulfur
 * 1) noun: sulfur


 * 1) adjective: broken
 * 2) noun: gland
 * 1) noun: gland


 * 1) adjective: strong, sturdy
 * 2) noun: risk
 * 1) noun: risk

S

 * 1) noun, verb: (to) aim
 * 2) noun, verb: (to) sieve
 * 1) noun, verb: (to) sieve


 * 1) noun: spouse
 * 2) noun: vesper bat
 * 1) noun: vesper bat


 * 1) noun: blueness
 * 2) noun: sine
 * 1) noun: sine


 * 1) noun: lilac (variant of syreeni)
 * 2) noun: siren
 * 1) noun: siren


 * 1) noun: cotyledon
 * 2) noun: locust
 * 1) noun: locust


 * 1) noun: short comedy
 * 2) noun: specifics (colloquial, usually in plural)
 * 1) noun: specifics (colloquial, usually in plural)


 * 1) noun: steppe
 * 2) noun: tapdancing
 * 1) noun: tapdancing


 * 1) noun: protection
 * 2) noun: provider
 * 3) noun: temperature over zero in winter
 * 1) noun: temperature over zero in winter


 * 1) noun: back of an animal
 * 2) noun: luck (colloquial)
 * 1) noun: luck (colloquial)


 * 1) noun: mosquito
 * 2) noun: osprey (variant of sääksi)
 * 1) noun: osprey (variant of sääksi)

T

 * 1) noun: pill (colloquial)
 * 2) noun: taboo
 * 1) noun: taboo


 * 1) noun: hide
 * 2) noun: tackle
 * 1) noun: tackle


 * 1) noun: axle (dialectal)
 * 2) noun: oak
 * 1) noun: oak


 * 1) noun: buckwheat
 * 2) noun: a Tatar
 * 1) noun: a Tatar


 * 1) noun: termite
 * 2) noun: thermite
 * 1) noun: thermite


 * 1) verb: to pad
 * 2) verb: to stop (dialectal)
 * 1) verb: to stop (dialectal)


 * 1) noun: end (dialectal)
 * 2) noun: top (piece of clothing)
 * 1) noun: top (piece of clothing)


 * 1) noun: block, obstruction
 * 2) noun: tuft, wad
 * 1) noun: tuft, wad


 * 1) noun: fur coat
 * 2) noun: the Turkish language
 * 1) noun: the Turkish language


 * 1) noun: chub (fish)
 * 2) noun: muzzle
 * 1) noun: muzzle


 * 1) noun: idea, thought
 * 2) noun: inch
 * 1) noun: inch


 * 1) verb: to use an ice axe
 * 2) verb: to fill in (for someone) (colloquial)
 * 1) verb: to fill in (for someone) (colloquial)


 * 1) noun: ringed plover
 * 2) noun: tulle
 * 1) noun: tulle

V

 * 1) noun: danger
 * 2) noun: tree-covered hill
 * 1) noun: tree-covered hill


 * 1) noun: advice (idiomatic usage only)
 * 2) noun: grandfather
 * 1) noun: grandfather


 * 1) noun: roll (metalwork)
 * 2) noun: waltz
 * 1) noun: waltz


 * 1) noun: kind of whisk made of birch twigs, used in sauna to enhance the cleaning effect of the bath
 * 2) adverb: not until, only
 * 1) adverb: not until, only


 * 1) adjective: subject to taxation
 * 2) adjective: Veronese
 * 1) adjective: Veronese


 * 1) noun: pulling
 * 2) noun: veto
 * 1) noun: veto


 * 1) noun: quiver
 * 2) noun: wine
 * 1) noun: wine


 * 1) noun: cape
 * 2) noun: sign pointing to a direction
 * 1) noun: sign pointing to a direction


 * 1) adverb: last (colloquial)
 * 2) noun: fault
 * 1) noun: fault


 * 1) noun: villa
 * 2) noun: wool
 * 1) noun: wool


 * 1) noun: lever (dialectal)
 * 2) noun: small money loan (colloquial)
 * 3) noun: VIP (colloquial)
 * 1) noun: VIP (colloquial)


 * 1) noun: snare drum
 * 2) noun: spinning fishing rod
 * 1) noun: spinning fishing rod


 * 1) noun: visor
 * 2) noun: vizier
 * 1) noun: vizier


 * 1) noun: somersault
 * 2) noun: volt
 * 1) noun: volt


 * 1) noun: mountain
 * 2) noun: lining (inner fabric in a piece of clothing)
 * 1) noun: lining (inner fabric in a piece of clothing)

Ä

 * 1) noun: ace
 * 2) noun: the letter S, an S-shape
 * 1) noun: the letter S, an S-shape

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Inflected forms
These arise commonly from collisions between suffixes with each other or with root-final morphones, especially:
 * -n
 * 1) a nominal derivational suffix or morphone
 * 2) 1st person singular verbal suffix


 * -s
 * 1) a nominal suffix
 * 2) part of the adjectival suffix -is


 * -sta/-stä
 * 1) *-s + *-ta


 * -ta/-tä
 * 1) partitive case
 * 2) infinitive

Due to consonant gradation and the presence of the infinitive in verbal citation forms the plain forms may not coincide.


 * 1) noun: fin (elative singular)
 * 2) noun: edible provisions (partitive singular)
 * 1) noun: edible provisions (partitive singular)


 * 1) adjective: cheap (genitive singular)
 * 2) noun: halva (genitive singular)
 * 1) noun: halva (genitive singular)


 * 1) noun: bicep (partitive singular)
 * 2) noun: pike (elative plural)
 * 1) noun: pike (elative plural)


 * 1) noun: epee (genitive singular)
 * 2) verb: to gnaw (1st person singular present indicative)
 * 1) verb: to gnaw (1st person singular present indicative)


 * 1) noun: a type of silicate rock
 * 2) verb: to prune (2nd person singular present imperative)
 * 1) verb: to prune (2nd person singular present imperative)


 * 1) noun: ear (illative singular)
 * 2) verb: to replace (1st person singular present indicative)
 * 1) verb: to replace (1st person singular present indicative)


 * 1) noun: rapids (genitive singular)
 * 2) verb: to touch (1st person singular present indicative)
 * 1) verb: to touch (1st person singular present indicative)


 * 1) adjective: weird (genitive singular)
 * 2) pronoun: whose (genitive singular)
 * 1) pronoun: whose (genitive singular)


 * 1) noun: land, earth, country (partitive singular)
 * 2) verb: to lie down
 * 1) verb: to lie down


 * 1) noun: balcony (adessive plural)
 * 2) verb: to darn (repair) (1st person singular present indicative)
 * 1) verb: to darn (repair) (1st person singular present indicative)


 * 1) noun: rudd ''(illative singular)
 * 2) verb: to lathe ''(1st person singular present indicative)
 * 1) verb: to lathe ''(1st person singular present indicative)


 * 1) noun: swamp
 * 2) verb: to let (2nd person singular present imperative)
 * 1) verb: to let (2nd person singular present imperative)


 * 1) noun: timber
 * 2) verb: block (3rd person singular imperfect indicative)
 * 1) verb: block (3rd person singular imperfect indicative)


 * 1) noun: fire
 * 2) verb: to come (3rd person singular imperfect indicative)
 * 1) verb: to come (3rd person singular imperfect indicative)


 * 1) pronoun: that
 * 2) verb: to bring (2nd person singular present imperative)
 * 1) verb: to bring (2nd person singular present imperative)


 * 1) adverb: barely, hardly
 * 2) noun: pain (adessive plural)
 * 1) noun: pain (adessive plural)


 * 1) noun: reindeer doe
 * 2) verb: to demand (1st person singular present indicative)
 * 1) verb: to demand (1st person singular present indicative)


 * 1) noun: monitor lizard
 * 2) noun: care (illative singular with 1st person singular possessive suffix)
 * 1) noun: care (illative singular with 1st person singular possessive suffix)

Separate sense, same word (etymology)

 * 1) to marry
 * 2) to have sex (profane)
 * 1) to have sex (profane)

Common etymology

 * 1) adverb: quite, rather
 * 2) noun: time
 * 1) noun: time


 * 1) noun: basil
 * 2) noun: basilica
 * 1) noun: basilica


 * 1) noun: maternal uncle
 * 2) noun: major river
 * 1) noun: major river


 * 1) noun: wilderness
 * 2) noun: portion, round
 * 1) noun: portion, round


 * 1) noun: hops (spice used in beer)
 * 2) noun: the state of being drunk
 * 1) noun: the state of being drunk


 * 1) pronoun: which
 * 2) pronoun: each
 * 1) pronoun: each


 * 1) particle: just, exactly
 * 2) noun: root
 * 1) noun: root


 * 1) noun: bonfire
 * 2) noun: eagle (poetic)
 * 1) noun: eagle (poetic)


 * 1) verb: to become wet
 * 2) verb: to gain advantage
 * 1) verb: to gain advantage


 * 1) noun: (a type of boat)
 * 2) noun: wood cutter
 * 1) noun: wood cutter


 * 1) magazine/(news-)paper
 * 2) leaf
 * 1) leaf


 * 1) adverb: through
 * 2) noun: hole
 * 1) noun: hole


 * 1) noun: the Mandarin Chinese language
 * 2) noun: mandarin (both senses)
 * 1) noun: mandarin (both senses)


 * 1) noun: chewing tobacco
 * 2) noun: ejaculate
 * 1) noun: ejaculate


 * 1) noun: point (nautical; 12.5°)
 * 2) noun: scratch
 * 1) noun: scratch


 * 1) noun: ridicule
 * 2) noun: mark, notch
 * 1) noun: mark, notch


 * 1) noun: cause, reason
 * 2) noun: notch, groove, string
 * 1) noun: notch, groove, string


 * 1) noun: to dust carpets
 * 2) noun: to tread on
 * 1) noun: to tread on


 * (both derived from the verb )
 * 1) business
 * 2) to work in the imperative (commanding tense)

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 * 1) "to invent" in the past tense/imperative (commanding tense)
 * 1) "to invent" in the past tense/imperative (commanding tense)