A fun list of four-letter Finnish words

Just for the fun of it, I put together a list of Finnish words that have a very common syllable structure. All these words have two syllables, and in both syllables, the first letter is a consonant and the second letter is a vowel.  First, take a look at the list and see how many of these words you already know:

1. haju
2. hali
3. hame
4. hyvä
5. hiki
6. jano
7. joka
8. joki
9. joku
10. jono
11. juna
12. kala
13. kana
14. kani
15. kasa
16. katu
17. kesä
18. kiva
19. kivi
20. koko
21. kone
22. kori
23. koru
24. koti
25. kumi
26. kura
27. kyky
28. kylä
29. kynä
30. käpy
31. käsi
32. laji
33. laki
34. laku
35. lama
36. lasi
37. lava
38. lelu
39. levä
40. lika
41. lima
42. loma
43. lumi
44. lupa
45. läpi
46. maha
47. maku
48. mehu
49. mikä
50. minä
51. muki
52. muna
53. muta
54. napa
55. nenä
56. nero
57. nimi
58. nolo
59. noki
60. nuha
61. nämä
62. pala
63. papu
64. pari
65. pato
66. peli
67. pipo
68. puku
69. pulu
70. pupu
71. puro
72. pusu
73. raha
74. rapu
75. rata
76. ruma
77. räkä
78. saha
79. sama
80. sana
81. sata
82. satu
83. setä
84. sika
85. sinä
86. sivu
87. sota
88. suku
89. sumu
90. syke
91. söpö
92. talo
93. tapa
94. tila
95. tili
96. tipu
97. tosi
98. tuli
99. tyly
100. tämä
101. täti
102. valo
103. vene
104. veli
105. veri
106. vika
107. väli
108. väri

1. haju - a smell
2. hali - a hug
3. hame - a skirt
4. hyvä - good
5. hiki - sweat
6. jano - thirst
7. joka - every
8. joki - a river
9. joku - someone
10. jono - a line, a queue
11. juna - a train
12. kala - a fish
13. kana - a chicken
14. kani - a bunny rabbit
15. kasa - a pile
16. katu - a street
17. kesä - a summer
18. kiva - nice
19. kivi - a rock
20. koko - a size, whole
21. kone - a machine
22. kori - a basket
23. koru - piece of jewerly
24. koti - home
25. kumi - rubber
26. kura - mud
27. kyky - a talent
28. kylä - a village
29. kynä - a pen
30. käpy - a cone (of a tree)
31. käsi - a hand
32. laji - a species
33. laki - a law
34. laku - a liquorice
35. lama - an economic depression
36. lasi - a glass
37. lava - a stage
38. lelu - a toy
39. levä - a sea weed
40. lika - dirt 
41. lima - slime
42. loma - a vacation, a holiday
43. lumi - snow
44. lupa - a permission
45. läpi - through
46. maha - a stomach
47. maku - a taste
48. mehu - juice
49. mikä - what
50. minä - I
51. muki - a mug
52. muna - an egg
53. muta - mud
54. napa - a belly button
55. nenä - a nose
56. nero - a genius
57. nimi - a name
58. nolo - embarassing
59. noki - soot
60. nuha - a runny /stuffed nose
61. nämä - these
62. pala - a piece
63. papu - a bean
64. pari - a couple, a partner
65. pato - a dam
66. peli - a game
67. pipo - a beanie hat, a woolly hat
68. puku - a suit
69. pulu - a pigeon
70. pupu - a bunny
71. puro - a stream, a creek
72. pusu - a kiss
73. raha - money
74. rapu - a crayfish
75. rata - a (train) track
76. ruma - ugly
77. räkä - snot, saliva
78. saha - a saw 
79. sama - same
80. sana - a word
81. sata - hundred
82. satu - a fairy tale
83. setä - an uncle
84. sika - a pig
85. sinä - you
86. sivu - a page
87. sota - a war
88. suku - an extended family
89. sumu - fog
90. syke - pulse
91. söpö - cute
92. talo - a house
93. tapa  ahabit, a way
94. tila - space
95. tili - an account
96. tipu - a chick
97. tosi - true
98. tuli - fire
99. tyly - rude
100. tämä - this
101. täti - an aunt
102. valo - light
103. vene - a boat
104. veli - a brother
105. veri - blood
106. vika - a fault
107. väli - a space
108. väri - a colour

Practice in Memrise: https://app.memrise.com/course/1818180/common-finnish-words/20/

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