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pihti.

See pihdit: pliers, tongs

5 characters2 syllables approx.Suomi language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈpihti/[ˈpiçt̪i]
  1. See pihdit: pliers, tongs

    in-plural
  2. any two-pronged handtool or artifact to hold, press together or punch something, now usually in plural; a pincer

    archaic
    pärepihti
  3. The state of being stuck between something, as if held with pliers.

    Vene on kahden kiven pihdissä.
  4. pincer (the front claw of a crustacean such as a lobster)

  5. A pile of birchbark sheets set between two boards and tied tightly together to flatten the barks and thus make them suitable roofing and isolation material.

    Pihdissä on normaalisti noin sata tuohiliuskaa.
  6. scissors

  7. Indicates similarity to or use of pliers (see list below).

    in-compounds
Where this word comes from

From Proto-Finnic *pihti (compare Estonian piht, Ingrian pihet pl, Karelian pihti, Veps pihthed pl, Votic pihed pl), from Proto-Finno-Permic *pište (compare Moksha [script needed] (peš), Komi-Zyrian [script needed] (peš) and Proto-Samic *pëstë, whence Northern Sami basta).

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