hyvä veli

Finnish

Etymology

hyvä (“good, dear”) + veli (“brother”)

Noun

hyvä veli

  1. A salutation used at the beginning of a friendly, often confidential letter from male to male; abbreviation H.V..
  2. Used attributively to make a reference to cronyism; notably in expressions hyvä veli -järjestelmä and hyvä veli -verkosto.

Declension
  • Both words are inflected.

Derived terms
compounds
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