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kankea.

stiff (rigid, hard to bend, inflexible; e.g. of body parts that are more rigid than usual)

6 characters2 syllables approx.Suomi language

Meaning & usage

adj/ˈkɑŋkeɑ/[ˈkɑ̝ŋk̟e̞ɑ̝]
  1. stiff (rigid, hard to bend, inflexible; e.g. of body parts that are more rigid than usual)

  2. stiff (not flexible, e.g. of policies and rules and their application and enforcement; overtly formal, stilted)

    figuratively
  3. awkward, clumsy, stilted (of speech, etc.)

    figuratively
Where this word comes from

From Proto-Finnic *kankëda, possibly from Proto-Uralic *kënka-, *kënke-, whence Erzya канкстомомс (kankstomoms, “to stiffen; to get numb”).

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