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runko.

trunk (usually single, more or less upright part of a tree)

5 characters2 syllables approx.Suomi language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈruŋko/[ˈruŋko̞]
  1. trunk (usually single, more or less upright part of a tree)

  2. frame (structural elements of a building or other constructed object) body (largest or most important structural part of anything, e.g. a car)

  3. frame (structural elements of a building or other constructed object) hull (body or frame of a vessel, such as a ship or plane)

  4. frame (structural elements of a building or other constructed object) fuselage (main body of an aerospace vehicle)

  5. frame (structural elements of a building or other constructed object) chassis (frame or housing containing electrical or mechanical equipment)

  6. frame (structural elements of a building or other constructed object) case (enclosing frame or casing, e.g. of a watch)

  7. structure (overall form or organization of something)

  8. build (physique of an animal body)

  9. body (physique of a human body; the human body, e.g. in an aesthetic sense)

    colloquial
  10. skeleton

Where this word comes from

Proto-Finnic *runka + -o, the root borrowed from Proto-Germanic *skrunkaz (compare Icelandic skrokkur).

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