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puoli

Pronunciation: /ˈpuo̯li/

“puoli” is a Finnish word. Its 14 meanings in English:

adjective

  1. half (consisting of a half; such that two of them make one whole)
  2. mid- (with an expression of time or similar, expressing the half-way point or middle part)
  3. half an hour before, 30 minutes before (followed by a numeral expressing an exact hour)
  4. half-, semi-, demi-

noun

  1. half (one of two usually roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided, or considered as divided)
  2. half
  3. A time that is 30 minutes before any hour; (equivalent) half past, the bottom of the hour.
  4. side (of something with two sides, sometimes of something with more than two sides)
  5. aspect, facet, feature
  6. side (region in a specified position with respect to something)
  7. side (possible aspect of a concept)
  8. side, party (one person or group involved in something)
  9. step- (of parent or grandfather who is not blood relative or adopted)
  10. For adjectives, used to express that something, usually one half of a pair is missing.

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *pooli (compare Estonian pool (“half”)), from Proto-Uralic *pälä (compare Northern Sami bealli, Komi-Zyrian пӧв (pöv), Northern Mansi па̄л (pāl, “half, side”), Hungarian fél (“half”), Tundra Nenets пеля (pyelya)).

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