{"id":22899,"date":"2023-05-25T14:49:00","date_gmt":"2023-05-25T14:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/?p=22899"},"modified":"2023-05-25T14:49:01","modified_gmt":"2023-05-25T14:49:01","slug":"joyful-delight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/?p=22899","title":{"rendered":"Joyful Delight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of the interesting words that came up in my Finnish lessons recently is  <strong>iloinen<\/strong> [\u02c8ilo\u031ei\u032fne\u031en], which means happy, cheerful, glad or merry.<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/smerikal\/5547351643\/in\/photolist-2dtTdmV-8wo2Yi-LnAtcL-21z4BzL-9r3eX7-9sKEcG-a3JZ83-9r8eJn-cZtsuG-Dw99GA-LSCeu4-9scCnR-9UkMES-9scCfe-bwMQUu-bwMRho-9up6w3-9Swu7u-Dw9sHA-4rLF3e-L2FC4c-9ocwRE\" title=\"Iloinen Eevi\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/5015\/5547351643_84381af444_z.jpg\" alt=\"Iloinen Eevi\" width=\"640\" height=\"400\"><\/a><script async=\"\" src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>It comes from <strong>ilo<\/strong> (joy, happiness, delight, pleasure, love, lover) from the Proto-Finnic <em>*ilo<\/em> (joy, delight, happiness),  and the adjective suffix <strong>-inen<\/strong> [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/iloinen\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>Some related words include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>iloisuus<\/strong> = joyfulness<\/li>\n<li><strong>iloista<\/strong> = to be happy, glad, cheerful<\/li>\n<li><strong>iloiesti<\/strong> = happily, merrily, gaily<\/li>\n<li><strong>iloistua<\/strong> = to become delighted<\/li>\n<li><strong>iloittelu<\/strong> = frolicking<\/li>\n<li><strong>iloistutta<\/strong> = to delight, cheer up<\/li>\n<li><strong>ilottomuus<\/strong> = joylessness<\/li>\n<li><strong>iloton<\/strong> = gloomy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Related words in other languages include: <strong>ilo<\/strong> (joy, happiness) in Ingrian, <strong>ilo<\/strong> (fun, joy) in Veps, <strong>ilo<\/strong> (joy, elation, happiness, celebration) in Votic, and <strong>illu<\/strong> (happiness) in Northern Sami, which was borrowed from Finnish [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic\/ilo\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>A related word in Estonian, <strong>ilu<\/strong>, used to mean joy delight, happiness or glee, but now means beauty, splendor or ornament  [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic\/ilo\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>Incidentally, the word <strong>ilo<\/strong> (tool) in Esperanto is completely unrelated [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/ilo#Esperanto\">source<\/a>]. It\u2019s a back-formation from the suffix <strong>-ilo<\/strong>, which means an instrument or a tool for performing the action of the root. For example, <strong>tondilo<\/strong> (scissors) comes from <strong>tondi<\/strong> (to shear), and <strong>komputilo<\/strong> (computer) comes from <strong>komputi<\/strong> (to count, compute) [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/-ilo#Esperanto\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ilo<\/strong> can be combined with other suffixes to make words such as <strong>ilaro<\/strong> (a set of tools), <strong>ilujo<\/strong> (toolbox), and <strong>ilarujo<\/strong> (a toolbox for a toolset) [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/ilo#Esperanto\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019d like to learn some Finnish, you could try <a href=\"http:\/\/www.finnishpod101.com\/member\/go.php?r=4236&amp;i=b0\">FinnishPod101<\/a> [Affiliate link], which looks pretty good, and you can try it for free. Here\u2019s a sample:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GNK4iL1ocEA\" title=\"YouTube video player\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the interesting words that came up in my Finnish lessons recently is iloinen [\u02c8ilo\u031ei\u032fne\u031en], which means happy, cheerful, glad or merry. It comes from ilo (joy, happiness, delight, pleasure, love, lover) from the Proto-Finnic *ilo (joy, delight, happiness), and the adjective suffix -inen [source]. 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