alkupää

Finnish

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Definitions
  • starting end, upstream end

Etymology

Affix from Finnish alku (beginning, primeval, proto-, origin) + Finnish pää (head, main, end, tip, top, crest, headed, main etc, head's, chief, of head, primary, in the head, principal).

Origin

Finnish

pää

Gloss

head, main, end, tip, top, crest, headed, main etc, head's, chief, of head, primary, in the head, principal

Concept
Semantic Field

The body

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Kanji

頭

Emoji
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