vetovoima

Finnish

noun
Definitions
  • traction pulling power of an engine or animal
  • attraction, appeal, allure tendency or power to attract
  • pull attractive force which causes motion towards the source
  • gravity

Etymology

Compound from Finnish veto (pull, drag, pulling, dragging, draft, act, stroke, bet, wager, attraction, act of pulling, drive) + Finnish voima (power, force, strength, forces, powers).

Origin

Finnish

voima

Gloss

power, force, strength, forces, powers

Concept
Semantic Field

Social and political relations

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Kanji

力

Emoji
🏋️ 💡

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