kansankynttilä

Finnish

noun
Definitions
  • (humorous) primary school teacher, especially in the kansakoulu

Etymology

Compound from Finnish kansa (people, people's, of people, folks, nation, folk, of the people, crowd) + Finnish kynttilä (candle, candle's).

Origin

Finnish

kynttilä

Gloss

candle, candle's

Concept
Semantic Field

The house

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Emoji

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