koukku

Finnish

pronunciation
Definitions
  • hook rod bent into a curved shape
  • hook (fishhook)
  • hook (boxing punch)
  • (idiomatic) addiction; used in inessive, elative and illative similarly to English hooked (unable to resist or cease doing)
  • (typography) cedilla, hook (loop shaped like a hook under certain written letters)
  • (slang) police

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Finnic *koukku.

Origin

Proto-Finnic

*koukku

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