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korista.

to wheeze (breathe with difficulty and loud), rattle

7 characters3 syllables approx.Suomi language

Meaning & usage

verb/ˈkoristɑˣ/[ˈko̞ris̠tɑ̝(ʔ)]
  1. to wheeze (breathe with difficulty and loud), rattle

    intransitive
Where this word comes from

From Proto-Finnic *koristak, from an onomatopoeic root + -ista. Compare Erzya корномс (kornoms, “to snore”).

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