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perä.

rear, back, tail end (aft part of anything)

4 characters2 syllables approx.Suomi language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈperæ/[ˈpe̞ræ]
  1. rear, back, tail end (aft part of anything) stern, aft (rear part or after end of a ship or vessel)

  2. rear, back, tail end (aft part of anything) tail, tail end (of a seine)

  3. far end or side of something (like of a room, hallway, etc.)

  4. butt (blunt end of anything, especially that of a gun)

    kiväärinperä
  5. basis, grounds, reality, truth, facts

    figuratively
    perätön
    Onko hänen puheissaan mitään perää?
  6. stipe (part of the stalk supporting the flower)

  7. drift (horizontal tunnel)

  8. breech (part of a cannon or other firearm behind the chamber)

  9. neighbourhood

    dialectal
    tällä perällä
  10. bottom, behind

    colloquial
  11. remainder, leftovers

    colloquial · in-plural
    keiton perät
  12. ground

    archaic · in-compounds
    maaperä
    kallioperä
Where this word comes from

From Proto-Finnic *perä (compare Estonian pära), from Proto-Uralic *perä ~ *pirä (compare Erzya пря (pŕa, “head”), Komi-Permyak бӧр (bör), Eastern Khanty пӛртӓх (pjərtäh)).

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