üdi

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *üdin, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *wideme. Cognate with Finnish ydin (“core, kernel; marrow”), Karelian yjin, Livvi üdin, Northern Sami ađa (“(bone with) marrow”) (from Proto-Samic *ëδëm), Erzya удем (uďem, “brain, intellect; marrow”), Eastern Mari вем (vem, “brain; marrow”), Udmurt виым (viym, “brain; marrow”), Komi-Zyrian вем (vem, “brain; marrow”), Northern Khanty вэԓǝм (wełǝm, “marrow; brain; core”), Northern Mansi ва̄лм (vālm, “brain; marrow”) and Hungarian velő (“brain; marrow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈyd̥i/, [ˈyd̥ʲi]
• Rhymes: -yd̥i
• Hyphenation: ü‧di

Noun

üdi (genitive üdi, partitive üdi)

1. marrow, bone marrow (Medulla ossium)

   Synonyms: luuüdi, kondiüdi

   1. core, point, essence

      loo üdi ― the point of the story

References

• üdi in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
• “üdi”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009