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tulkki

Pronunciation: /ˈtulkːi/

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

noun

  1. interpreter (person who translates speech or signing from one language to another)
  2. interpreter (one who interprets e.g. a text, a poem or emotions)
  3. interpreter (program that interprets and executes code)
  4. a gauge (a measuring instrument used to determine whether an object is of a certain size or shape)

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Swedish tolker, itself ultimately borrowed from Proto-Slavic *tъlkъ, probably from Proto-Indo-European *telkʷ-. * (gauge): Also found in Swedish tolk, possibly a later semantic loan.

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