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vuo.

stream, river

3 characters1 syllables approx.Suomi language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈʋuo̯/[ˈʋuo̞̯]

  1. stream, river

    literary

  2. flow, current

    literary

  3. flow (formalization or abstraction of fluid flow, e.g. in a flowchart or in graph theory)

  4. flux (rate of transfer of energy)

Where this word comes from

From Proto-Finnic *voo, from Proto-Uralic *wuwa (“current, flow”).

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