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The Finnish word for back is
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Translations for back and their definitions

tukea
     1. n. partitive singular form of tuki
     2. v. To support, shore/prop/back up (mentally or physically).
     3. v. To support/back (financially), give financial support to, subsidize, finance; to sponsor.
     4. v. To sustain.
     5. v. To substantiate, corroborate.
           Onko sinulla mitään, mikä tukisi syytöksiäsi?
             Do you have anything that would substantiate your allegations?


perä
     1. n. The aft part of anything, the rear, the back, the tail end
     2. n. (nautical) The stern of a vessel.
     3. n. The butt of a gun.
     4. n. (dialectal) A neighbourhood
     5. n. In certain idioms, the truth or the foundation.
     6. n. (colloquial) The bottom or the ass.
     7. n. (archaic) ground. The sense still lives in compound terms, such as:
           maaperä
           kallioperä
           suoperäinen
           järkiperäinen (lit: grounded on reason) = rational
           perätön = ungrounded


selkä
     1. n. (anatomy) back
     2. n. ridge, spine (line or area on a mountain or hill from which one can descend to at least two separate directions)
     3. n. watershed area
     4. n. back, spine (the side where the pages are bound together)
     5. n. open water (expanse of sea or large lake which is distant from shore and devoid of nearby islands or other obstructions)


kääntöpuoli
     1. n. back (the reverse side)
     2. n. (astronomy) farside (of the Moon)


takaisin
     1. adv. Back.
           Mennään takaisin.
             Let's go back.
     2. adv. (colloquial) Back.
           Olemme takaisin siinä, mistä aloitimme.
             We are back where we started from.
     3. v. first-person singular conditional present of taata
           (Minä) takaisin onnesi, jos voisin.
             I would guarantee your happiness if I could.
     4. adj. superlative degree of takainen
     5. adj. instructive plural form of takainen


perukka
     1. n. A back end, out-of-the-way corner or place; often used in plural (a place which is remote or otherwise difficult to reach).
           Rahat ovat piilossa komeron perukoilla.
             The money is hidden at the back end of the closet.


nurja puoli
     1. n. reverse side


takapuoli
     1. n. rear, backside, behind of something
           Talon takapuolella kasvaa omenapuu.
             At the backside of the house grows an apple tree.
     2. n. (anatomy) behind, bottom, bum, buttocks, backside


syrjä-
     1. Prefix. back (far from the main area)


selkänoja
     1. backrest, back piece of a chair


puolustaja
     1. n. defender (someone who defends people or property)
     2. n. defender (a fighter who repels an attack)
     3. n. (sports) defender, back (a player whose primary task is to prevent the opposition from scoring)
           oikea ~ : right back
           vasen ~ : left back
     4. n. (ice hockey) defenseman, defenceman


kiinni
     1. adv. Closed.
           Ovi oli kiinni.
             The door was closed.
     2. prep. Onto.
           Voin pitää kiinni laukustasi.
             I can hold onto your bag.
     3. prep. pitää ~ + elative = to stick to, not deviate from.
           Me pidämme kiinni periaatteistamme.
             We stick to our principles.
     4. post. Onto.
           Voin pitää laukustasi kiinni.
             I can hold onto your bag.
     5. adv. Into possession (used with ottaa)
           Ottaa koiran kiinni.
             To catch a dog.


taka-
     1. Prefix. A prefix signifying back, rear or hind.


vanha
     1. adj. old


peruuttaa
     1. v. (intransitive) To back, (of a computer) to backspace.
     2. v. To withdraw, retract, rescind, recant, renege, take back (a statement).
     3. v. To revoke, cancel, call off, invalidate.
     4. v. ~ avioliitto = to annul a marriage.
     5. v. ~ käsky = to countermand an order.
     6. v. ~ sopimus = to nullify a contract.


kauemmas
     1. adv. comparative degree of kauas


poispäin
     1. away, from a place, e.g. to go away


syrjäinen
     1. adj. remote, back (far from the main area)


takainen
     1. adj. located behind something
           talon takainen metsä
             the forest behind the house
           talon takaisessa metsässä
             in the forest behind the house


pakki
     1. n. A short form of työkalupakki, which is a box designed to serve as a portable tool storage, a tool box.
     2. n. (colloquial) Reverse, in the sense of reverse gear.
           laittaa pakki päälle = to put the reverse on
     3. n. (nautical) If a sailing vessel or any of its sails is in such position relative to the wind that the wind blows from the wrong side of a sail, the sail is said to be pakilla (adessive case of the noun
     4. n. (military) mess kit, A metal container belonging to a soldier's field equipment. The container serves as a cooking vessel and the top doubles as a cup.
     5. n. (colloquial) A defending player in various ballgames; a defenceman; a defender.
     6. n. (colloquial) The event of getting rejected, especially by the opposite sex when approaching her/him. Normally used in plural, pakit.
           Hain kolmasti Liisaa tanssimaan, mutta pakit joka kerta.
             I asked Liisa three times to dance, but every time.
     7. n. (colloquial) The head of a person.


takaosa
     1. n. back (the part of something that goes last)



peräpää
     1. n. back (the part of something that goes last)
     2. n. rear


hilliten
     1. v. second active infinitive of hillitä in instructive


pois
     1. adv. (of movement) away:
           Hän meni pois.
              S/he went away. (cf. poissa)



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