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kilpi.

shield (broad piece of defensive armor)

5 characters2 syllables approx.Suomi language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈkilpi/[ˈk̟ilpi]
  1. shield (broad piece of defensive armor)

  2. escutcheon (the shield on which a coat of arms is displayed)

  3. shield (large, flat expanse)

  4. sign (clearly visible object, generally flat, bearing a short message in words or pictures)

  5. sign (clearly visible object, generally flat, bearing a short message in words or pictures) shield (a sign or symbol identifying a highway route)

  6. plate, number plate, license plate

Where this word comes from

From Proto-Finnic *kilpi (compare Estonian kilp, Livonian kiļb, more distantly also Northern Sami galba), possibly borrowed from Proto-Germanic *hlībō (compare Old Norse hlíf).

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