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Yes. The word syli is a Scrabble US word. The word syli is worth 7 points in Scrabble:

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4-letter words (1 found)

SYLI,

3-letter words (2 found)

LIS,SLY,

2-letter words (3 found)

IS,LI,SI,

You can make 6 words from syli according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of syli

syli ysli slyi lsyi ylsi lysi syil ysil siyl isyl yisl iysl sliy lsiy sily isly lisy ilsy ylis lyis yils iyls liys ilys

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Definitions and meaning of syli

syli

Noun

syli (plural sylis)

  1. The currency of Guinea between 1971 and 1985, subdivided into 100 cauris.

Finnish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsyli/, [ˈs̠yli]
  • Rhymes: -yli
  • Syllabification(key): sy‧li

Etymology 1

From Proto-Finnic *süli, from Proto-Uralic *süle. Cognates include Estonian süli, Veps sül', Erzya сэль (seľ, “fathom”), Hungarian öl.

Noun

syli

  1. arms (in reference to embracing or holding in both one's arms)
  2. lap (space over upper legs of a seated person)
  3. (figuratively) lap (place of rearing and fostering)
  4. Synonym of sylillinen (“armful”)
Declension
  • Archaically also inflected as Etymology 2 below.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Semantic loan from Swedish famn (“lap, measure of length”).

Noun

syli

  1. fathom (traditional measure of length equal to three cubits; see usage notes below)
  2. (nautical) fathom
  3. (archaic) A measure for chopped firewood, about four cubic meters.
Usage notes

When Finland belonged to Sweden, the Finnish cubit (kyynärä) was equal to Swedish aln (59.4 cm), thus making the length of syli 178.2 cm (= 70.16 inches). Under the Russian rule (1809–1917) the definition of kyynärä was modified to correspond with Russian аршин (aršin) (71.12 cm), thus lengthening syli to 213.36 cm (= 84 inches). In nautical terminology, syli corresponds to English fathom (72 inches = 182.88 cm).

Declension

Although derived from the noun meaning the body part, this word is inflected differently (singular genitive sylen for the length measure, and sylin for the body part).

Synonyms
  • (213.36 cm): arsina
  • syltä
Derived terms

Further reading

  • “syli”, 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 2024-01-01

Anagrams

  • ylsi

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /si.li/

Noun

syli m (plural sylis)

  1. syli (former currency of Guinea)

Ingrian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *süli. Cognates include Finnish syli and Estonian süli.

Pronunciation

  • (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈsyli/, [ˈs̠ylʲi]
  • (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈsylʲi/, [ˈʃylʲi]
  • Rhymes: -yli, -ylʲi
  • Hyphenation: sy‧li

Noun

syli

  1. hug
  2. sazhen

Usage notes

  • One syli roughly equivalent to 2.14 metres and is one fivehundredth of a versta.

Declension

References

  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 557

Source: wiktionary.org