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kaari.

curve

5 characters2 syllables approx.Suomi language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈkɑːri/[ˈkɑ̝ːri]
  1. curve

  2. bow (bend)

  3. arch

  4. arc

  5. code, act (an especially broad legal statute; one of the nine parts of the Swedish law of 1734)

  6. division, phylum

  7. edge (between two vertices)

  8. rib of a boat or a ship; futtock

Where this word comes from

From Proto-Finnic *kaari, from Proto-Uralic *këŋere. Cognate with Estonian kaar. * ((law) code, act): Semantic loan from Swedish balk (literally “beam”), perhaps by comparison with the rib of a boat or ship. * ((taxonomy) division, phylum): Semantic development from “(law) code, act”.

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