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murhe

Pronunciation: /ˈmurheˣ/

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

noun

  1. sorrow, grief, worry

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *murëh (compare Estonian mure, Livonian mur), possibly derived from the onomatopoeic root *mur- also found in murista. The form murhe in particular is a Western Finnish dialectal form derived via metathesis (compare venhe, urho, perhe).

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