peräpää

Finnish

noun
Definitions
  • back part of something that goes last
  • rear back or hindmost part, that which is behind, or last on order
  • posterior buttocks

Etymology

Compound from Finnish perä (origin, back, hind, rear, remote, back-end, tail end, stern, butt, rear aft part of anything, behind, aft, tail) + Finnish pää (head, main, end, tip, top, crest, headed, main etc, head's, chief, of head, primary, in the head, principal).

Origin

Finnish

pää

Gloss

head, main, end, tip, top, crest, headed, main etc, head's, chief, of head, primary, in the head, principal

Concept
Semantic Field

The body

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Kanji

頭

Emoji
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