tutkain.
goad, prick (long, pointed stick used to prod animals)
Meaning & usage
goad, prick (long, pointed stick used to prod animals)
On turha potkia tutkainta vastaan.
point, sharp tip (of a knife, sword, etc., but occasionally also more figuratively, e.g. of a blade of grass or a mountaintop)
thrum (an end of a warp thread in a loom which remains unwoven)
registration bar, register bar (a tool used with a printing press, with one or more pins, that is used to align the sheet with the tympan, such as when printing on both sides)
mine probe, landmine probe (long thin stick used to locate mines)
Where this word comes from
From Proto-Finnic *tutkain. Equivalent to tutka- + -in (from the same root tutka- as tutkia; see it for more).
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.