putki
Pronunciation: /ˈputki/
“putki” is a Finnish word. Its 8 meanings in English:
noun
- tube, pipe, duct, conduit (long, hollow object, often cylindrical, used to convey fluids or loose solids)
- pipeline (conduit made of pipes)
- barrel (of a large calibre firearm)
- streak (continuous series of like events)
- bout, binge (period where something is done or happens continuously)
- pipeline (system through which something is conducted)
- cow parsley (plant in the family Apiaceae similar to Anthriscus sylvestris)
- pipe
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *pucki (compare Estonian putk, Votic putki), from Proto-Uralic *pučke (“hollow plant stalk”) (compare Northern Sami boska (“angelica”), Erzya почко (počko, “roll, coil”), Tundra Nenets пуд (pūd)). The development from “hollow plant stalk” to “pipe, tube” is difficult to date precisely, as some similar meanings are also found in other Finnic languages (although plant-related…
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