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malka.

roof pole (on a birchbark or straw roof); a (thin) wooden pole or beam that extends from the ridge to the eave, with such poles forming the topmost layer on a traditional birchbark or straw roof (on top of the birchbark or straw which serves as the waterproofing material)

5 characters2 syllables approx.Suomi language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈmɑlkɑ/[ˈmɑ̝lkɑ̝]
  1. roof pole (on a birchbark or straw roof); a (thin) wooden pole or beam that extends from the ridge to the eave, with such poles forming the topmost layer on a traditional birchbark or straw roof (on top of the birchbark or straw which serves as the waterproofing material)

    mikä Mariana maloilla, se vappuna vaoilla
Where this word comes from

From Proto-Finnic *malka, borrowed from Proto-Baltic [Term?] (compare Latvian malka (“firewood, splinter”), Lithuanian malka (“firewood, splinter, log”)).

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