nokka

Finnish

pronunciation
Definitions
  • beak, bill, rostrum anatomical structure of birds
  • beak any beaklike object
  • (pejorative) beak human nose
  • front of a car or other similar vehicle
  • spout, lip channel through which a liquid is poured from a container
  • top, tip the far end of many long objects, such as a pier, pole, crane, boom, stick or peninsula
  • cam, tappet
  • ness promontory, cape or headland, often used in place names

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Finnic *nokka.

Origin

Proto-Finnic

*nokka

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