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hosua.

to rush (to perform a task with great haste, with a suggestion of carelessness)

5 characters2 syllables approx.Suomi language

Meaning & usage

verb/ˈhosuɑˣ/[ˈho̞s̠uɑ̝(ʔ)]
  1. to rush (to perform a task with great haste, with a suggestion of carelessness)

    intransitive
  2. to swing, flail

    dialectal
Where this word comes from

From Proto-Finnic *hosudak (compare Karelian hosuo and dialectal Estonian õsuma (“to reap grain with a scythe”)).

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