hammas.
tooth (hard, calcareous structure present in the mouth of many vertebrate animals)
Meaning & usage
tooth (hard, calcareous structure present in the mouth of many vertebrate animals)
hampaisiin saakka aseistettu
kiristellä hampaitaan
tooth, cog (projection on the edge of a gear)
hammasratas
sprocket (tooth of a sprocket wheel)
tooth, sawtooth (sharp projection on the blade of a saw or similar implement)
tine, prong, tooth (spike or point on an implement or tool)
tooth, serration (pointed projection from the margin of a leaf)
Where this word comes from
From Proto-Finnic *hambas (compare Estonian hammas), borrowed from Proto-Balto-Slavic *źámbas (replacing native Uralic pii < *piŋe; compare Proto-Slavic *zǫbъ, Lithuanian žam̃bas, Latvian zòbs), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵómbʰos. Doublet of kampa.
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