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potku.

a kick (act of kicking; action of swinging a foot or leg)

5 characters2 syllables approx.Suomi language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈpotku/[ˈpo̞t̪ku]
  1. a kick (act of kicking; action of swinging a foot or leg)

  2. kick (pungent or spicy flavour, piquancy) (usually in the partitive singular)

    figuratively
  3. energy, vigour (usually in the partitive singular)

    figuratively
  4. recoil

  5. firing, dismissal, axing, sack

    colloquial · in-plural
    antaa potkut
    saada potkut
Where this word comes from

potkia (“to kick”) + -u

noun/ˈpotku/[ˈpo̞t̪ku]
  1. a side net guiding fish towards a fyke

Where this word comes from

From Proto-Finnic *potku, equivalent to potkea (“to set a seine/fishnet”) + -u.

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