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| varsi |
| 1. n. The stalk of a plant. |
| 2. n. The handle of many tools. In order to be called varsi, the handle needs to be longish in shape. An axe and a hammer have varsi, but a knife has kahva. |
| 3. n. An arm in the sense of any structure that resembles a human arm. |
| 4. n. The part of a boot or a sock which covers the leg or part of it. |
| 5. n. A stem of a tobacco pipe, or a musical note. |
| 6. n. (technology) Usually compounded with a defining beginning, a rod |
| 7. n. As the last part of a compound word, refers to some parts of a human body (see related terms below). |
| 8. n. (rare) The human body when discussed from a structural point of view, the figure. |
| 9. n. As the last part of a compound word, refers to an area considered to be close to a waterway or a traffic route, a side. |
| tien varsi, tienvarsi, joen varsi, jokivarsi, joenvarsi etc. |
| 10. n. In cases referring to location, used like a postposition to refer to passing of time or a journey, along, during or in the course of; see: varressa, varresta, varteen, varrella, varrelta, varrelle. |
| matkan varrella = along the road |
| pitkän elämäni varrella = during my long life |
| vuosien varrella = in the course of many years |
| 11. n. As the first part of a compound word, indicates that the object is equipped with a stalk, an arm or similar. |
| varsieväinen, varsijousi, varsiluuta |
