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kuja.

alley (narrow street or passageway; narrow road lined by buildings, structures such as fences or trees; figuratively of people lining a path)

4 characters2 syllables approx.Suomi language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈkujɑ/[ˈkujɑ̝]
  1. alley (narrow street or passageway; narrow road lined by buildings, structures such as fences or trees; figuratively of people lining a path)

  2. ellipsis of nauhakuja (“casing (a channel in fabric for a drawstring, waistband, etc.)”)

    abbreviation · alt-of · ellipsis
Where this word comes from

From Proto-Finnic *kuja, borrowed from Proto-Norse [Term?] (compare Old Norse kví (“fold, pen”)), from Proto-Germanic *kwījō (“enclosure, stable”).

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