alusvaate

Finnish

pronunciation
Definitions
  • undergarment, piece of underwear
  • in plural underwear, underclothes, underclothing
  • in plural lingerie women's underwear, especially seductive ones

Etymology

Compound from Finnish alus (vessel, underlay, under-, under, ship, base, anything put under something) + Finnish vaate (cloth, garment).

Origin

Finnish

vaate

Gloss

cloth, garment

Concept
Semantic Field

Clothing and grooming

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Kanji

布

Emoji

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