Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkuːsi/, [ˈkuːs̠i]
- Rhymes: -uːsi
- Syllabification(key): kuu‧si
- Hyphenation(key): kuu‧si
Etymology 1
From Proto-Finnic *kuuci (compare Estoniankuus), from Proto-Finno-Ugric *kutte (compare Erzya кото (koto), Northern Khanty хәт (hət), Northern Mansi хо̄т (hōt), Hungarian hat).
Numeral

kuusi
- six
kuusi kuusta joulukuussa ― six spruce trees in December
etymology 2

From Proto-Finnic *kuusi (compare Estoniankuusk), from Proto-Uralic *kowse (compare Northern Sami guossa, Erzya куз (kuz), Eastern Mari кож (kož), Udmurt кыз (kyz), Tundra Nenets хады (xadi)).
Noun
kuusi
- spruce (any tree in the genus Picea)Kuusi on valtapuulaji noin kolmasosassa Suomen metsiä.Spruce is the dominating tree in about one third of Finnish forests.
- Norway spruce, Picea abies
- spruce (wood of spruce)Perinteisesti puulattiat tehtiin kuusesta.Traditionally the wooden floors were made of spruce.
Etymology 3
Noun
kuusi
- inflection of kuu:
- second-person singular possessive form of nominative/genitive singular
- second-person singular possessive form of nominative/accusative plural
5 Comments
nocturne@slrpnk.net · 3 pts · 206d
I had this in my Finnish lessons 3 years ago, very fitting.
Tuuktuuk@piefed.europe.pub · 2 pts · 206d
Kuusi palaa.
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Your moon is on fire
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Your moon returns
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...piece(acc.) of your moon
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Six are on fire
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Six return
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Six pieces
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The spruce is on fire
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The spruce returns
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Minä syön kokonaista kakkua, kuusi palaa kakusta = I am eating a whole cake, the spruce is eating a piece of a cake
(But since that needs a sentence around it even more than the "piece of your moon" does, this had to be left as last one)
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nocturne@slrpnk.net · 2 pts · 206d
Pala will be coming in the next couple days.
Tuuktuuk@piefed.europe.pub · 2 pts · 196d
::: spoiler Kuusi päivää, että kuussasi kuusi palaa ja kuusi pudottelee kaikenlaista puista kaarnaista palaa; palaa sitten katsomaan kuusi kuusi: Kuusi palaa palaa sieltä rauhakseen!
Jääääretöööö.
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mr_anny@sopuli.xyz · 1 pts · 206d
All translations mentioning "is on fire" are wrong. xxx palaa = xxx burns
On tulessa = is on fire
It's quite the different being on fire than to actually burn.