kara

Finnish

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Definitions
  • a dried branch, rib of a leaf or other similar dried part of a plant
  • core uneaten part of an apple or similar fruit
  • core of a pirn in a weaving shuttle
  • (machining) spindle
  • core in injection molding
  • spindle of a door or window handle, etc.
  • pin a piece of wood, partly inserted inside the wall, that supports the frame of a window or door

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Finnic *kara.

Origin

Proto-Finnic

*kara

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