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nukkua.

to sleep

6 characters2 syllables approx.Suomi language

Meaning & usage

verb/ˈnukːuɑˣ/[ˈnukːuɑ̝(ʔ)]
  1. to sleep

    intransitive
    laittaa nukkumaan
    mennä nukkumaan
Where this word comes from

From Proto-Finnic *nukkudak (compare Karelian n'ukkuo, Ludian nukkuda, as well as Estonian tukkuma and Livonian tukkõ, for which compare nousta ~ Estonian tõusma). Further possibly also related to Northern Sami nohkkat (which might be borrowed from Finnic).

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