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kurkku.

throat, gullet

6 characters2 syllables approx.Suomi language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈkurkːu/[ˈkurkːu]

  1. throat, gullet

  2. throat (front part of the neck)

    mustakurkkurautiainen

  3. throat (narrow opening)

    kaasuttimen kurkku

  4. the part of the belly of an axe haft that is just below the head

    Joskus isku menee ohi ja terän sijasta klapiin osuu kirveen kurkku.
Where this word comes from

From Proto-Finnic *kurkku (compare Estonian, Livonian, and Veps kurk), borrowed from Proto-Norse [script needed] (*kwerku), from Proto-Germanic *kwerkō (compare Old Norse kverk, Swedish Kvarken).

noun/ˈkurkːu/[ˈkurkːu]

  1. cucumber (vine, Cucumis sativus)

  2. cucumber (vegetable)

  3. pickle (pickled cucumber)

Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Swedish gurka, German Gurke, ultimately from a Slavic language.

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