köyhä

From Proto-Finnic *keühä, likely borrowed from Proto-Germanic *skeuhaz (“shy”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈkøy̯hæ/, [ˈk̟ø̞y̯ɦæ]
• Rhymes: -øyhæ
• Syllabification^(key): köy‧hä

köyhä (comparative köyhempi, superlative köyhin)

1. poor (with few or no possessions or money)

   Antonyms: rikas, varakas, vauras

   köyhä maa ― poor country

2. poor, deficient, insufficient

   Synonyms: puutteellinen, vajavainen, niukka

   Antonyms: rikas, riittävä, runsas

   köyhä multa ― poor soil

3. (figuratively) hollow, dry, dull, lacking substance

• köyhästi

• köyhäinapu
• rutiköyhä

• köyhä kuin kirkon rotta (poor as a church mouse)

köyhä

1. poor person, person in poverty; (in the plural) the poor

   Köyhät teillä on aina keskuudessanne... (Matt 26:11)

   The poor you will always have with you... (Matthew 26:11)

• “köyhä”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (online dictionary, continuously updated, in Finnish), Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

From Proto-Finnic *keühä. Cognates include Finnish köyvä and Estonian kehv.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈkøy̯hæ/, [ˈkø̞y̯h]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈkøy̯hæ/, [ˈkø̞y̯hæ]
• Rhymes: -øy̯h, -øy̯hæ
• Hyphenation: köy‧hä

köyhä (comparative köyhemp)

1. poor

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

• rikas, rahakas, karvain, rahalliin

• (diminutive) köyhykkäin

• → Votic: köühe

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 240