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pilkku.

spot, dot (small spot or mark)

6 characters2 syllables approx.Suomi language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈpilkːu/[ˈpilkːu]
  1. spot, dot (small spot or mark)

  2. comma (punctuation mark ,)

  3. dot (symbol , used for separating the fractional part of a decimal number from the whole part)

  4. prime (symbol ′, as in x′)

  5. penalty mark; thence: penalty kick, penalty shot

    colloquial
  6. last call

    colloquial
  7. hashish (cannabis extract)

    slang
Where this word comes from

pilkka (“mark”) + -u; first adopted to mean “comma” by Finnish physician and translator Erik Alexander Ingman in 1844.

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