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taive

Pronunciation: /ˈtɑi̯ʋeˣ/

“taive” is a Finnish word. Its 2 meanings in English:

noun

  1. bend, crook (place or spot where something bends or turns)
  2. crook; the inside of a bending part of the body, e.g. a crook of the arm or popliteal space

Etymology

taipua (“to bend”) + -e. Coined by Johan Henrik Keckman in 1837 for the Finnish translation of Terveyden Opetus-Kirja yhteiselle kansalle by Kaarlo Nordblad.

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