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pohja.

bottom (lowest part of anything, such as a container, body of water or a hole)

5 characters2 syllables approx.Suomi language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈpohjɑ/[ˈpo̞xjɑ̝]
  1. bottom (lowest part of anything, such as a container, body of water or a hole)

  2. bed (place, or flat surface or layer, on which something else rests or is laid)

  3. basis, foundation

    figuratively
  4. fundament (underlying basis or principle)

    figuratively
  5. crust (outer layer composed of pastry; bread-like base of a pizza)

  6. synonym of perä (“far end of something”)

  7. background, backdrop (especially in relation to shapes that stand out of the background)

    musta kuvio valkoisella pohjalla
  8. layout (spatial arrangement of a building or flat)

  9. template, layout (generic model or pattern from which other objects are based or derived, especially texts)

    in-compounds
    sähköpostipohja
  10. north, northern, Arctic (sometimes capitalized)

    archaic · poetic
    Pohjantähti
    Pohjanlahti
  11. bottom, invert (base of a tunnel)

  12. invert (lowest point in a pipe)

    pohjan yläpinta
    pohjan alapinta
  13. ellipsis of aallonpohja (“trough (of a wave)”)

    abbreviation · alt-of · ellipsis
Where this word comes from

From Proto-Finnic *pohja (compare Estonian põhi); see the Proto-Finnic entry for more. Doublet of posio (borrowed from Sami). The sense "north" is due to the practice of building dwellings facing south (as that was the direction the sun would shine from at noon in Northern Europe), and thus the far end of a building furthest from the entrance would be situated towards the north.

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