vuoksi

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋuo̯ksi/, [ˈʋuo̞̯ks̠i]
• Rhymes: -uoksi
• Syllabification^(key): vuok‧si
• Hyphenation^(key): vuok‧si

vuo (“flow”) +‎ -ksi (translative); for the semantic development, compare Hungarian folytán (from folyik (“to flow”))

vuoksi [with genitive and/or possessive form]

1. due to, because of, for someone's sake, on account of

   Kiertue peruttiin sairauden vuoksi.

   The tour was canceled due to illness.

   Älä minun vuokseni keitä uutta kahvia!

   Don't brew new coffee just for my sake.

When the complement is a personal pronoun, a possessive suffix is attached to vuoksi. As normal, the first and second person personal pronouns are often omitted, i.e. the person is only indicated by the possessive suffix.

• takia
• johdosta
• tähden

• syy

vuoksi

1. translative singular of vuo

• “2. vuoksi”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 1 July 2023

Derived from vuo (“flow, stream”). Possibly equivalent to vuo +‎ -s; the -ksi for -s (< -ks) is probably an archaism due to the suffix being attached to a monosyllabic stem. The sense "flow, rising tide" is a literary invention from the 1830s, prior to which another literary coinage had actually assigned the opposite meaning ("ebb, receding tide") to it. However, in the end, despite them originally being the other way around, vuoksi and luode came to mean "flow" and "ebb" respectively.

vuoksi

1. flow (rising tide)

   Synonym: nousuvesi

   Antonyms: luode, laskuvesi

2. synonym of korkeavesi (“high tide”)
3. (rare) A large, rapidly flowing river.

   Synonyms: kymi, virta

Rare:

• “1. vuoksi”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 1 July 2023

From Proto-Samic *vuopsē.

vuoksi

1. span (unit of measurement)

• Eino Koponen, Klaas Ruppel, Kirsti Aapala, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[3], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

vuoksi

1. second-person dual imperative of vuoksit

vuoksi

1. present participle of vuoksit