äimä

Finnish

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Definitions
  • A large needle shaped for working with tough materials, such as a leather needle or sailmaker's needle.
  • (dialectal) needle

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Finnic *äimä inherited from Proto-Uralic *äjmä.

Origin

Proto-Uralic

*äjmä

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