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kaira.

auger (carpenter's tool for boring holes)

5 characters2 syllables approx.Suomi language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈkɑi̯rɑ/[ˈkɑ̝i̯rɑ̝]
  1. auger (carpenter's tool for boring holes)

  2. ellipsis of jääkaira

    abbreviation · alt-of · ellipsis
  3. core drill (device for boring a cylindrical sample out of solid material)

  4. a triangular piece of fabric; gore

    dialectal · historical
Where this word comes from

From Proto-Finnic *kaira, borrowed from Proto-Norse *ᚷᚨᛁᛉᚨᛉ (*gaiʀaʀ) (whence Old Norse geirr (“spear”)), itself from Proto-Germanic *gaizaz. Doublet of keihäs.

noun/ˈkɑi̯rɑ/[ˈkɑ̝i̯rɑ̝]
  1. large wilderness between rivers in northern Finland

Where this word comes from

From a Sami language, compare Northern Sami skáidi (“land between rivers, cape”), from Proto-Samic *skājδē.

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