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kampela.

flounder, fluke, European flounder (Platichthys flesus)

7 characters3 syllables approx.Suomi language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈkɑmpelɑ/[ˈkɑ̝mpe̞lɑ̝]
  1. flounder, fluke, European flounder (Platichthys flesus)

  2. flatfish (any fish of the order Pleuronectiformes)

Where this word comes from

From Proto-Finnic *kampala/*kampëla. Perhaps equivalent to kampi (“crank”) + -la, derived from kampi, originally in the sense "crooked, slanted, clunky". Related to Estonian kammeljas (“turbot”), Karelian kampala and Livonian kǭma. Russian ка́мбала (kámbala, “flounder”) is borrowed from Finnic.

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