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yoke (bar or frame by which two draught animals are joined at their necks)

3 characters1 syllables approx.Suomi language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈie̯s/[ˈie̞̯s̠]/ˈi.es/[ˈi.e̞s̠]
  1. yoke (bar or frame by which two draught animals are joined at their necks)

  2. yoke, restraint, burden, load; repression, slavery, oppression, persecution, tyranny

    figuratively
    ikeen alla
Where this word comes from

From Proto-Finnic *iges, borrowed from Proto-Slavic *jьgo (gen. *jьga, *jьžese; compare Old East Slavic иго (igo), gen. ига (iga), *ижесе (*ižese)), from earlier *jъgo (gen. *jъga, *jъgese), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *juga-, from Proto-Indo-European *yugóm.

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