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kinkku.

ham (meat from the thigh of a hog cured for food)

6 characters2 syllables approx.Suomi language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈkiŋkːu/[ˈk̟iŋkːu]
  1. ham (meat from the thigh of a hog cured for food)

  2. any cold cut

    broadly · informal
  3. chick (a woman or girl)

    colloquial
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Swedish skinka, itself from Middle Low German schinke.

noun/ˈkiŋkːu/[ˈk̟iŋkːu]
  1. weekend spent in military service (for conscripts that get most weekends off)

    slang
Where this word comes from

Slang form of kiinni, inspired by kinkku (etymology 1).

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