When is joki used?

• Mennään uimaan jokeen!  Let's go swimming in the river!
• Joella kasvoi pari pajua.  Two willow trees grew by the river. (NB. joella here means that it is in the neighbourhood of the river, somewhere nearby.)
• Joen varrella kasvoi pari pajua.  Two willow trees grew along the river. (NB. joen varrella here means that it is in the neighbourhood of the river, somewhere nearby, along the side.)
• Eilen kävimme uimassa Seinäjoessa. Yesterday we went swimming in the Seinäjoki. (NB. Seinäjoessa here, with the inessive, means that it is  the river that is being referred to.)
• Kesällä on tangomarkkinat Seinäjoella. Seinäjoki has the tango festival in the summer. (NB. Seinäjoella here, with the adessive, means that it is the town that is being referred to.)
• Purjehdimme jokea ylös.  We sailed upstream.

Joki's meanings

• river

Adjectives that are based on joki

• jokinen
• fluvial
• pertaining to rivers

Phrases that are based on joki

• jokea alaspäin
• downstream
• jokea ylöspäin
• upstream

Nouns with joki

• jokialus
• river boat
• barge (on a river)
• river craft
• jokialue
• watershed (of a river)
• river basin
• jokilaakso
• valley (with a river running through it)
• jokirapu
• #
• jokisatama
• #
• jokivarsi
• river bank
• joenhaara
• branch (of a river)
• joenmutka
• #
• joensuu = jokisuu
• mouth (of a river)
• estuatary
• joenuoma
• (river) bed
• jokiäyräs
• edge (of a river)
• jokilaiva
• river boat
• joenranta
• riverside
• Tämä tie kulkee joenrantaa. This road runs along the river.
• jokimaa
• #
• jokivene
• river boat
• river craft
• joenniska
• river head
• jokipolvi
• bend in a river
• jokisimpukka
• freshwater clam
• jokikerrostuma
• fluvial deposit
• jokisuisto
• delta