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huhta.

swidden; woodland cleared and burned for cultivation according to slash-and-burn agriculture

5 characters2 syllables approx.Suomi language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈhuhtɑ/[ˈhuht̪ɑ̝]
  1. swidden; woodland cleared and burned for cultivation according to slash-and-burn agriculture

    historical
  2. swidden; woodland cleared and burned for cultivation according to slash-and-burn agriculture a swidden made by burning coniferous trees

    historical · specifically
Where this word comes from

From Proto-Finnic *hukta, probably borrowed from Proto-Iranian [Term?] (compare Persian سوختن (sôxtan, “to burn”)). Related also to Erzya чувто (čuvto, “tree”), Moksha шуфта (šufta, “tree”), but these were probably borrowed separately from the same source.

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