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teli.

bogie, (US, rail transport) truck

4 characters2 syllables approx.Suomi language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈteli/[ˈt̪e̞li]
  1. bogie, (US, rail transport) truck

Where this word comes from

tela + -i

noun/ˈteli/[ˈt̪e̞li]
  1. floe, ice raft

  2. boulder of ice

    dialectal
  3. frozen block of earth

    dialectal
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Old Norse þeli (“ground freeze”) from Proto-Germanic *þelą. (compare dialectal Norwegian tele (“frozen earth”)). Cognates include synonymous Estonian teli (dialectal), Ingrian teli and Karelian jeäteli, all probably borrowed from Finnish. Doublet of tela.

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