The Finnish word for foot is
jalka
Translations for foot and their definitions
| jalkaterä | |
| 1. n. (anatomy) foot (part of human body) |
| potkaista | |
| 1. v. To kick (once). |
| tassu | |
| 1. n. A paw of dog or cat. |
| koipi | |
| 1. n. The leg of a bird. | |
| 2. n. (colloquial) A human leg. |
| maksaa | |
| 1. n. partitive singular form of maksa | |
| 2. v. (intransitive) to cost | |
| Kuinka paljon tämä maksaa? | |
| How much does this cost? | |
| 3. v. to pay | |
| Hän maksaa sen. | |
| She will pay for it. | |
| 4. v. to pay back, repay (to pay an amount owed) | |
| Maksoin lopulta opintolainani. | |
| I finally repaid my student loan. |
| jalka | |
| 1. n. foot | |
| Unlike most other nouns, jalka is often used in the instructive singular: | |
| Menin sinne jalan. = I went there by foot / on foot / afoot. | |
| jalankulkija = a pedestrian | |
| 2. n. foot (unit of measure) | |
| 3. n. leg | |
| 4. n. the lower limb of a human | |
| 5. n. base, pedestal | |
| 6. n. (fungi) stipe |
| juuri | |
| 1. n. root (of a plant, hair, tooth etc.) | |
| 2. n. short of taikinajuuri, , starter dough | |
| 3. n. (mathematics) root | |
| 4. n. (analysis) a zero of a function | |
| 5. n. (figuratively) cause | |
| 6. v. third-person singular indicative past of juuria | |
| 7. v. indicative present connegative of juuria | |
| 8. v. second-person singular imperative present of juuria | |
| 9. v. second-person singular imperative present connegative of juuria | |
| 10. adv. just | |
| juuri niin | |
| just right | |
| 11. adv. exactly, precisely | |
| Hän tuli juuri oikeaan aikaan. | |
| He came at exactly the right time. | |
| 12. adv. right | |
| juuri nyt | |
| right now | |
| 13. adv. barely, narrowly, only just (in the phrase juuri ja juuri) |
| käpälä | |
| 1. n. paw |
| tyvi | |
| 1. n. stem |
| kanta | |
| 1. n. stem | |
| 2. n. opinion, point of view (attitude, opinion, or set of beliefs) | |
| 3. n. heel (part of a sole of a shoe, especially a low one; a high heel is usually called korko) | |
| olla kannoilla = to heel | |
| 4. n. (microbiology) strain | |
| 5. n. (biology) population |
| jalusta | |
| 1. n. stand, pedestal | |
| 2. n. plinth | |
| 3. v. indicative present connegative of jalustaa | |
| 4. v. second-person singular imperative present of jalustaa | |
| 5. v. second-person singular imperative present connegative of jalustaa |
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