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emi

Pronunciation: /ˈemi/

“emi” is a Finnish word. Its meaning in English:

noun

  1. pistil

Etymology

emä (“mother”) + -i. Coined by Finnish physician and philologist Elias Lönnrot in 1858; a similar form was found in dialects, referring to a part of a plough.

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