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kaunis.

beautiful, pretty, fair

6 characters2 syllables approx.Suomi language

Meaning & usage

adj/ˈkɑu̯nis/[ˈkɑ̝u̯nis̠]

  1. beautiful, pretty, fair

    Hän on todella kaunis.

  2. fair

Where this word comes from

From Proto-Finnic *kaunis (compare Estonian kaunis), borrowed from Proto-Germanic *skauniz (compare English sheen, German schön, Swedish skön).

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