varus

Finnish

pronunciation
Definitions
  • (archaic) equipment, armament, accessory
  • (heraldry) armed horns, teeth, beaks etc. of an animal, especially when coloured in a different tincture from the animal itself

Etymology

Suffix from Finnish vara (vice, reserve, spare, deputy, means, resources, margin, substitute, contingency, safety, emergency, of the funds, allowance, room, assistant).

Origin

Finnish

vara

Gloss

vice, reserve, spare, deputy, means, resources, margin, substitute, contingency, safety, emergency, of the funds, allowance, room, assistant

Concept
Semantic Field

The house

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Kanji

室, 房

Emoji

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