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kuilu.

shaft (vertical or inclined passage, e.g. of a mine or an elevator)

5 characters2 syllables approx.Suomi language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈkui̯lu/[ˈkui̯lu]
  1. shaft (vertical or inclined passage, e.g. of a mine or an elevator)

  2. shaft (vertical or inclined passage, e.g. of a mine or an elevator) pitch (vertical cave passage)

  3. chasm, ravine, abyss (deep, steep-sided rift, gap or fissure)

  4. gap, rift, chasm (major difference in level, opinion, etc.)

    figuratively
Where this word comes from

Probably a metathesis of kulju (“morass”).

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