kallioperä

Finnish

noun
Definitions
  • (geology) bedrock lithified rock that lies under a loose softer material called regolith at the surface of the Earth or other terrestrial planets

Etymology

Compound from Finnish kallio (rock, cliff) + Finnish perä (origin, back, hind, rear, remote, back-end, tail end, stern, butt, rear aft part of anything, behind, aft, tail).

Origin

Finnish

perä

Gloss

origin, back, hind, rear, remote, back-end, tail end, stern, butt, rear aft part of anything, behind, aft, tail

Concept
Semantic Field

The body

Ontological Category

Other

Kanji

尾

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