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kura.

mud, (wet) dirt

4 characters2 syllables approx.Suomi language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈkurɑ/[ˈkurɑ̝]

  1. mud, (wet) dirt

  2. garbage, trash, rubbish, something worthless (especially in the partitive singular)

    informal
    Tuohan on täyttä kuraa.

  3. wet, unhardened concrete

    slang

  4. diarrhea

    colloquial
    Hänellä on vatsa kuralla.
Where this word comes from

From Proto-Finnic *kura (“dirt, mud”) (compare Estonian kura), possibly borrowed from Proto-Germanic *gurą or alternatively from Proto-Uralic *kura (“dirt, mud”).

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