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kurja.

poor, miserable, bad, abysmal

5 characters2 syllables approx.Suomi language

Meaning & usage

adj/ˈkurjɑ/[ˈkurjɑ̝]
  1. poor, miserable, bad, abysmal

  2. miserable, wretched, pitiful, paltry

  3. wretched, dastardly, contemptible, ignoble

Where this word comes from

From Proto-Finnic *kurja (compare Estonian kuri (“bad, evil”)), of unclear further origin.

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