orsi

Pronunciation: /ˈorsi/

“orsi” is a Finnish word. Its 4 meanings in English:

noun

a wooden beam or bar on which objects, such as tools, are hung from when they are not used
perch, roost (for a bird)
balance beam (in a balance)
support beam

From Proto-Finnic *orci, from earlier *orti, borrowed from Proto-Baltic [Term?] (compare Lithuanian ar̃das (“pole scaffold for drying flax”)).

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