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punoa.

to intertwine, twine, twist (together) (join together by twining or twisting; join by winding around one another)

5 characters2 syllables approx.Suomi language

Meaning & usage

verb/ˈpunoɑˣ/[ˈpuno̞ɑ̝(ʔ)]
  1. to intertwine, twine, twist (together) (join together by twining or twisting; join by winding around one another)

  2. to weave (form something by passing and twisting strands of material over and under one another; most often used of materials like rope, wicker, bast, reeds, straw, willow or roots, as opposed to weaving yarn for making fabrics or garments)

  3. to twist (turn the ends in opposite directions)

  4. to weave, twine, intertwine; devise, create, link

    figuratively
Where this word comes from

From Proto-Finnic *punodak (compare Estonian punuma), from Proto-Uralic *puna- (“to spin, twist”) (compare Northern Sami botnit, Erzya понамс (ponams), Hungarian fon).

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