roskaväki

Finnish

noun
Definitions
  • (colloquial) trash people of low social status or class, riffraff
  • (derogatory) scum reprehensible persons as group

Etymology

Compound from Finnish roska (trash, garbage, junk, rubbish, litter, waste) + Finnish väki (people, folks, crowd, folk, strength, power).

Origin

Finnish

väki

Gloss

people, folks, crowd, folk, strength, power

Concept
Semantic Field

Kinship

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Kanji

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