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haiku.

puff, whiff (act of inhaling tobacco smoke)

5 characters2 syllables approx.Suomi language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈhɑi̯ku/[ˈhɑ̝i̯ku]
  1. puff, whiff (act of inhaling tobacco smoke)

    plural-normally
  2. puff, whiff, puff of smoke, whiff of smoke (small quantity of smoke in the air)

    Ilmassa on vähän haikua.
  3. smoke

    poetic
    Tänne ihminen katoaa huomaamattomaksi, kuin tuo nuotion mitätön haiku iltataivaalle.
Where this word comes from

From dialectal haika + -u, from Proto-Finnic *haika; cognates include Estonian haige (~ haikea) and furthermore also Lule Sami suoikē.

noun/ˈhɑi̯ku/[ˈhɑ̝i̯ku]
  1. haiku (type of Japanese poem; any poem written in haiku style)

Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Japanese 俳(はい)句(く) (haiku).

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