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The Finnish word for string is
naru





string



Translations for string and their definitions

naru
     1. n. cord, line, rope


nyöri
     1. n. string


pujottaa
     1. v. to string, thread, wire (to put items on a string)
           pujottaa helmet nauhaan
             to string the beads
             to wire the beads
           pujottaa lanka neulansilmään
             to thread a needle


ehdot
     1. n. plural of ehto


nauhoittaa
     1. v. To tape, record (on audiotape or videotape).
     2. v. To lace (a shoe).


ketju
     1. n. chain
     2. n. necklace
     3. n. In various ballgames, a line
     4. n. (Internet) thread (on a bulletin board or a newsgroup).


säie
     1. n. thread, strand, fibre, filament
     2. n. (computing) thread
     3. n. (physics) string


merkkijono
     1. n. (computing) string


pilvi
     1. n. cloud
     2. n. (computing) cloud
     3. n. (slang) hashish, marijuana
           polttaa pilveä
             to smoke marijuana
           olla pilvessä
             to be high


nauha
     1. n. ribbon, band, string
     2. n. lace (in shoes)
     3. n. tape (recording media)
     4. n. fret (in a guitar)


jouset
     1. n. plural of jousi


kieli
     1. n. language (form of communication)
     2. n. genitive + ~ ; the names of most languages may be expressed in two ways in Finnish: as a single word, e.g. islanti, , Icelandic, or in combination with kieli, e.g. (m, fi, islannin kieli, , Ice
     3. n. tongue (organ)
     4. n. (music) string (tightly tensioned wire that produces a tone)
     5. n. (music) reed (vibrating part in the mouthpiece of a woodwind instrument)
     6. v. third-person singular indicative past of kieliä
     7. v. indicative present connegative of kieliä
     8. v. second-person singular imperative present of kieliä
     9. v. second-person singular imperative present connegative of kieliä




jänne
     1. n. (anatomy) tendon, sinew
     2. n. (archery) bowstring, string
     3. n. (geometry) chord (straight line between two points of a curve)


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