perä

Finnish

p
Definitions
  • rear, back, tail end aft part of anything
  • (nautical) stern, aft rear part or after end of a ship or vessel
  • far end or side of something like of a room, hallway, etc.
  • butt blunt end of anything, especially that of a gun
  • (dialectal) neighbourhood
  • truth, reality, facts
  • (colloquial) bottom, behind
  • (colloquial) remainder, leftovers
  • (archaic) ground

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Finnic *perä inherited from *perä.

Origin

*perä

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