different between syli vs syle

English

Noun

syli (plural sylis)

1. The currency of Guinea between 1971 and 1985, subdivided into 100 cauris.

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?syli/, [?s?yli]
• Rhymes: -yli
• Syllabification: sy?li

Etymology 1

From Proto-Finnic *süli, from Proto-Uralic *süle. Cognates include Estonian süli, Veps sül', Hungarian öl.

Noun

syli

1. arms (in reference to embracing or holding in both one's arms)

   Otin hänet syliini.

   I took her in my arms.

2. lap (space over upper legs of a seated person)

   Poika istui äitinsä sylissä.

   The boy was sitting on his mother's lap.

3. (figuratively) lap (place of rearing and fostering)
4. Synonym of sylillinen (armful).

Declension

• Archaically also inflected as Etymology 2 below.

Derived terms

Compounds

Etymology 2

Calque from Swedish famn (“lap, measure of length”).

Noun

syli

1. fathom (traditional measure of length equal to three cubits; see usage notes below)
2. (nautical) fathom
3. (archaic) A measure for chopped firewood, about four cubic meters.

Declension

Although derived from the noun meaning the body part, this word is inflected differently (singular genitive sylen for the length measure, and sylin for the body part).

Usage notes

When Finland belonged to Sweden, the Finnish cubit (kyynärä) was equal to Swedish aln (59.4 cm), thus making the length of syli 178.2 cm (= 70.16 inches). Under the Russian rule (1809–1917) the definition of kyynärä was modified to correspond with Russian ????? (aršin) (71.12 cm), thus lengthening syli to 213.36 cm (= 84 inches). In nautical terminology, syli corresponds to English fathom (72 inches = 182.88 cm).

Synonyms

• (213.36 cm): arsina
• syltä

Anagrams

• ylsi

French

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /si.li/

Noun

syli m (plural sylis)

1. syli (former currency of Guinea)

English

Noun

syle (plural syles)

1. Alternative spelling of sile

Anagrams

• Slye, leys, lyes, lyse, sely, sley

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sy?l?/, [?sy?l?]

Noun

syle c

1. indefinite plural of syl