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kehä

Pronunciation: /ˈkehæ/

“kehä” is a Finnish word. Its 13 meanings in English:

noun

  1. circle, ring (enclosure, perimeter, a circular arrangement of something)
  2. circular (resembling a circle in some aspect)
  3. rim (edge around a circular object)
  4. coil, reel, roll
  5. frame
  6. race (part of a rolling-element bearing; ring with a groove in which rolling elements ride)
  7. bezel (on a watch)
  8. ring (arena for boxing and other combat sports; also figuratively)
  9. circumference, circle, perimeter (line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional object; the length of such a line)
  10. halo (atmospheric phenomenon)
  11. orle, tressure
  12. perianth (sterile parts of a flower)
  13. cycle (closed walk or path)

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kehä (compare Estonian keha (“body”)), possibly from Proto-Finno-Ugric *keč(č)ä (compare Northern Sami giessat (“to wrap”), Erzya чи (či, “sun, da”), Eastern Mari кече (keče, “sun, day”), Udmurt киш (kiš, “snare”), Northern Mansi кис (kis, “hoop”)).

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