puhde
Pronunciation: /ˈpuhdeˣ/
“puhde” is a Finnish word. Its meaning in English:
noun
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *puktëk, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *pukta- (“to shoo”), the semantic development is likely "to shoo" > "to wake (someone) up" > "time of waking up" > "dawn" > "twilight". Compare Erzya пувтамс (puvtams, “to wake (someone) up”).
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