jalka
Pronunciation: /ˈjɑlkɑ/
“jalka” is a Finnish word. Its 9 meanings in English:
noun
- foot, leg; a lower supporting limb of a human or animal
- leg, foot (supporting protrusion in an inanimate object, e.g. a piece of furniture)
- base, pedestal (supporting bottom part of various objects)
- stipe (of a fungus)
- foot (unit of measure of length, now often equivalent to 0.3048 meters; in traditional Finnish units equivalent to one half of a kyynärä, or 0.2967 meters)
- pin (of a microchip)
- kickstand
- footwall
- foot
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *jalka (compare Estonian jalg, Livonian jālga), from Proto-Uralic *jalka (compare Northern Sami juolgi, Erzya ялго (jalgo, “on foot”), Eastern Mari йол (jol), Hungarian gyalog (“on foot”)).
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More Finnish words
- jalavametsikkö
- jalavanhankapistiäinen
- jalavanopsasiipi
- jalis
- jalkafetisismi
- jalkaharppi
- jalkahiki
- jalkahirsi
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