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hela.

mounting, fitting, bushing

4 characters2 syllables approx.Suomi language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈhelɑ/[ˈhe̞lɑ̝]
  1. mounting, fitting, bushing

  2. bolster (on a knife)

Where this word comes from

A word from the same stem as heleä (“bright (e.g. of a sound)”) and helistä (“to clink, jingle, tingle”); thus a sound-symbolic word. Morphologically possibly a back-formation.

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