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tipu

Pronunciation: /ˈtipu/

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

noun

  1. chick, chicken (very young chick of hen, when still yellow with its natal down)
  2. chick (young of bird)
  3. any small bird
  4. chick (attractive young woman)

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *tipu, variant of *tipa, itself probably originally an interjection used to attract a hen or chicken.

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