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arka.

timid, shy, bashful, fearful

4 characters2 syllables approx.Suomi language

Meaning & usage

adj/ˈɑrkɑ/[ˈɑ̝rkɑ̝]

  1. timid, shy, bashful, fearful

  2. tender, sore

  3. sensitive, vulnerable (easily offended)

  4. sensitive (easily capable of offending)

  5. sensitive, susceptible

Where this word comes from

From Proto-Finnic *arka (compare Estonian arg), borrowed from Proto-Germanic *argaz (compare Old Norse argr).

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