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puu.

tree (large woody plant)

3 characters1 syllables approx.Suomi language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈpuː/[ˈpuː]

  1. tree (large woody plant)

    kasvava puu

  2. tree (large woody plant) timber (trees considered as a source of wood)

  3. wood (material)

    puu materiaalina
    puutalo

  4. wood (material) timber, lumber (wood that has been cut ready for construction; wood sawn into planks or otherwise prepared for sale or use)

  5. a piece of wood, especially one for a particular purpose; a stick, log, pole, etc.; a wooden tool

    especially

  6. wood

  7. tree (data structure, connected acyclic graph)

Where this word comes from

From Proto-Finnic *puu (compare Estonian puu, Karelian puu), from Proto-Uralic *puwe / *pawe (compare Eastern Mari пу (pu), Udmurt пу (pu), Hungarian fa, Tundra Nenets пя (pya)).

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