jobinkyynelheinä

Finnish

noun
Definitions
  • Job's tears US, Job's-tears UK, coixseed, tear grass, hato mugi, adlay, adlai, Chinese pearl barley, Coix lacryma-jobi tall grain-bearing grass native to Southeast Asia, grown for food

Etymology

Compound from Finnish Job (Job's) + Finnish kyynel (tear)+ Finnish heinä (hay, grass, weed).

Origin

Finnish

heinä

Gloss

hay, grass, weed

Concept
Semantic Field

Agriculture and vegetation

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Kanji

草

Emoji

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