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paikka

Pronunciation: /ˈpɑi̯kːɑ/

“paikka” is a Finnish word. Its 15 meanings in English:

noun

  1. place, location, spot, site
  2. area, region, locality, neighbourhood/neighborhood
  3. space, room
  4. scene (where something happens/has happened)
  5. seat
  6. berth (position on the field of play)
  7. job, post, position
  8. patch (on clothes)
  9. patch
  10. filling; inlay
  11. slot (abstract, quantifiable space for a single thing)
  12. situation, state of affairs
  13. chance, opportunity
  14. parts, bones

interjection

  1. stay!

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *paikka (compare Estonian paik and Votic paikkõ), probably borrowed from Proto-Germanic *spaikǭ (compare English spoke).

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