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kehno.

bad, poor, shoddy (of low quality; not very useful or effective; incompetent, unskilled, untalented)

5 characters2 syllables approx.Suomi language

Meaning & usage

adj/ˈkehno/[ˈk̟e̞hno̞]
  1. bad, poor, shoddy (of low quality; not very useful or effective; incompetent, unskilled, untalented)

  2. bad, unpleasant, unsavory

  3. worn, broken, in poor condition

  4. weak, feeble, frail

    kehnot jalat
Where this word comes from

Proto-Finnic *këhna + -o(i). Related to Estonian kõhn (“slim, thin”), Karelian kehno (“devil; bad, poor (of quality)”), Võro kõhn (“slim, thin”) and Votic kehno.

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