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tahko.

grindstone (abrasive wheel for sharpening, polishing or grinding)

5 characters2 syllables approx.Suomi language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈtɑhko/[ˈt̪ɑ̝xko̞]

  1. grindstone (abrasive wheel for sharpening, polishing or grinding)

  2. wheel (round portion of cheese)

  3. face (2D polytope, any of the flat bounding surfaces of a polyhedron)

    tahkomalli
    tahkoverkko
Where this word comes from

From Proto-Finnic *tahko (compare Estonian tahk, Ingrian tahko, Veps tahk), from Proto-Finno-Permic *taškɜ ~ *tašɜ ~ *tuškɜ (compare Komi-Zyrian тыш (tyš), Udmurt тыш (tyš), Eastern Mari тош (toš)), perhaps of substrate origin.

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