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kankare.

dry, rocky hill

7 characters3 syllables approx.Suomi language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈkɑŋkɑreˣ/[ˈkɑ̝ŋkɑ̝re̞(ʔ)]
  1. dry, rocky hill

  2. small tiny dry pieces of rocks or solid earth found in lentils, rice or grains

    dialectal · uncommon
Where this word comes from

From Proto-Finnic *kangar, *kankarëh, probably from Proto-Norse [script needed] (*gangaʀ), a later loan from the same source as kangas (“a soil type with moraine”); alternatively possibly from Proto-Uralic *këŋka- (“to climb”) (compare kangertaa). Related to Estonian kangur, Karelian kankareh and Livonian kāngar (“ridge”).

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