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Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *haiva-, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *hawją (hay) (whence e.g. Swedish , English hay); modern form and meaning via contamination by haven (hair).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhɑi̯ʋen/, [ˈhɑ̝i̯ʋe̞n]
  • Rhymes: -ɑiʋen
  • Syllabification(key): hai‧ven
  • Hyphenation(key): hai‧ven

Noun

haiven

  1. A single, usually thin hair or fiber.
    Pojan parta ei vielä kasvanut kunnolla, leuassa näkyi vain muutamia valkoisia haivenia.
    The boy's beard did not grow properly yet, only a few white hairs were visible in the chin.

Declension

More information nominative, genitive ...
More information first-person singular possessor, singular ...

Synonyms

Derived terms

compounds

See also

References

  • Häkkinen, Kaisa (2004) Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja [Modern Finnish Etymological Dictionary] (in Finnish), Juva: WSOY, →ISBN

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