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jalka.

foot, leg; a lower supporting limb of a human or animal

5 characters2 syllables approx.Suomi language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈjɑlkɑ/[ˈjɑ̝lkɑ̝]
  1. foot, leg; a lower supporting limb of a human or animal

    Menin sinne jalan.
    jalankulkija
  2. leg, foot (supporting protrusion in an inanimate object, e.g. a piece of furniture)

  3. base, pedestal (supporting bottom part of various objects)

  4. stipe (of a fungus)

  5. foot (unit of measure of length, now often equivalent to 0.3048 meters; in traditional Finnish units equivalent to one half of a kyynärä, or 0.2967 meters)

  6. pin (of a microchip)

  7. kickstand

  8. footwall

  9. foot

Where this word comes from

From Proto-Finnic *jalka (compare Estonian jalg, Livonian jālga), from Proto-Uralic *jalka (compare Northern Sami juolgi, Erzya ялго (jalgo, “on foot”), Eastern Mari йол (jol), Hungarian gyalog (“on foot”)).

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