vara.
reserve, backup (that which is reserved or kept back, as for future use)
Meaning & usage
reserve, backup (that which is reserved or kept back, as for future use)
Mäyrä tarvitsee paksun rasvakerroksen talven varaksi.
Minulla on ylimääräinen tulppa varalla.
(natural) resources, (natural) reserves
Irakilla on suuret öljyvarat.
stores, stocks, reserves
funds, means, assets, savings (but usually in the partitive singular when used predicatively)
Minulla ei ole tähän varaa.
Minulla ei ole varaa autoon.
room, margin; allowance
Muista jättää kutistumisen varaa.
Meillä ei ole varaa virheisiin.
caution, concern, care; often translated into English with an adjective (see also pitää varansa)
Pidä varasi, ettet putoa.
Ei vara venettä kaada.
a tool for cutting long grooves into (the bottoms of) logs for fitting, or for drafting where the grooves will be cut
Where this word comes from
From Proto-Finnic *vara (compare Estonian vara), borrowed from Proto-Germanic *warō (compare Swedish vara (“goods”), vara (“care”), English ware (“aware”), aware, ware (“goods”)).
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