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vaaja.

vertical stake

5 characters2 syllables approx.Suomi language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈʋɑːjɑ/[ˈʋɑ̝ːjɑ̝]
  1. vertical stake

  2. wedge

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Where this word comes from

From Proto-Finnic *vakja, borrowed either from Proto-Baltic [Term?] (compare Latvian vadzis (“crook, hook”), Lithuanian vagis) or alternatively from Proto-Germanic *wagjaz (compare English wedge).

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