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kynsi.

nail, fingernail, toenail (thin, horny plate)

5 characters2 syllables approx.Suomi language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈkynsi/[ˈk̟yns̠i]
  1. nail, fingernail, toenail (thin, horny plate)

  2. claw (curved horny nail)

  3. talon (sharp, hooked claw of a bird of prey or other predatory animal)

  4. clove (any of the separate bulbs that make up the larger bulb of garlic)

  5. bill (extremity of the arm of an anchor)

  6. plectrum (in harpsichord, the part at the end of a jack that plucks the cord)

  7. dog (any of various mechanical devices for holding, gripping, or fastening something, particularly with a tooth-like projection)

Where this word comes from

From Proto-Finnic *künci (compare Estonian küüs), from Proto-Uralic *künče (compare Ter Sami kannc, Erzya кенже (kenže), Hungarian köröm).

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