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puola.

bobbin (small spool)

5 characters2 syllables approx.Suomi language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈpuo̯lɑ/[ˈpuo̞̯lɑ̝]
  1. bobbin (small spool)

  2. ellipsis of sytytyspuola (“ignition coil”)

    abbreviation · alt-of · ellipsis
  3. thick (wooden) spoke; stave (in a wheel)

  4. rung, stave (horizontal bar in a ladder)

  5. an upright or post on a cage, baluster on a railing, slat or spindle on a chair, etc.

Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Swedish spole, from Old Norse spóla, from Proto-Germanic *spōlǭ.

noun/ˈpuo̯lɑ/[ˈpuo̞̯lɑ̝]
  1. cowberry

    dialectal
Where this word comes from

From Proto-Finnic *poola, probably from Proto-Uralic *pale (“berry”).

noun/ˈpuo̯lɑ/[ˈpuo̞̯lɑ̝]
  1. Polish (language)

Where this word comes from

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