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virka.

post, position, office, public office (public sector work, e.g. civil service work)

5 characters2 syllables approx.Suomi language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈʋirkɑ/[ˈʋirkɑ̝]
  1. post, position, office, public office (public sector work, e.g. civil service work)

    olla virassa / hoitaa virkaa
    astua virkaan
  2. purpose, point, function

Where this word comes from

Probably borrowed from Old Swedish virke, with possible influence from virka (etymology 2) with which it has been equated in the past.

noun/ˈʋirkɑ/[ˈʋirkɑ̝]
  1. line or row, especially of traps or snares

    dialectal
Where this word comes from

From Proto-Finnic *virka, borrowed from Proto-Baltic [Term?] (compare Latvian verdze).

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