juuri.
root (of a plant, hair, tooth, etc.)
Meaning & usage
root (of a plant, hair, tooth, etc.)
foot, base (base or bottom of anything; when in the locative cases, often the area right next to that base or bottom, such as the foot of a mountain)
cause, origin, tradition
ellipsis of taikinajuuri (“starter dough”)
root (inverse of a power, e.g. square root)
zero, root (of a function)
root, word root
Where this word comes from
From Proto-Finnic *juuri (compare Estonian juur), from Proto-Finno-Permic *jowre (compare Erzya юр (jur)).
right, just, exactly, precisely
juuri niin
juuri nyt
just now; very close to now, either presently, (very) recently or (very) shortly, just about
Juna lähtee juuri.
Juurihan minä saavuin.
hardly, (not) that much, (not) that many
Hän ei juuri(kaan) lue kirjoja.
En maksanut siitä juuri mitään tammikuun alennusmyynnissä.
barely, just barely, just about
Ruokaa riittää juuri neljälle.
Where this word comes from
juuri (“root”) + -i (i-lative singular); literally, “to the root”
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.