puru

Finnish

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Definitions
  • (rare)
  • (in compounds) chewing
  • A quantity of finely chewn food, such as a bird may give to its young.
  • chaw, chew plug or wad of chewing tobacco
  • (pathology) ache, pain gnawing, persistent pain, especially in stomach
  • dust, powder, swarf waste chips, shavings and dust from working a solid material

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Finnic *puru suffix from Finnish purra (bite, chewing).

Origin

Finnish

purra

Gloss

bite, chewing

Concept
Semantic Field

The body

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Emoji

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