The Finnish word for bark is
puunkuori
Translations for bark and their definitions
| puunkuori | |
| 1. n. bark, rind |
| haukkua | |
| 1. v. (intransitive) To bark, yip, yelp, bay. | |
| 2. v. To bad mouth (someone), To criticise/criticize, attack, abuse. | |
| ~ pystyyn/maanrakoon/pataluhaksi (haukkua + intensifier) = to tell off, slag. | |
| 3. v. To call (someone) names. |
| haukku | |
| 1. n. bark (sound made by dogs, seals and some other animals) | |
| 2. n. (endearingly) dog | |
| 3. n. (by extension) scolding | |
| 4. n. a bite (e.g. of apple) |
| kaarna | |
| 1. n. thick, dry and hard bark, such as on a pinetree. |
| haukahtaa | |
| 1. v. (intransitive) To bark/yip/yap/yelp/bay once, utter a bark/yip/yap/yelp/bay. | |
| Koira haukahti nähdessään isäntänsä. | |
| The dog barked/uttered a bark when seeing its master. |
| parkki | |
| 1. n. bark, as the exterior covering of the trunk and branches of a tree. | |
| 2. n. tannic, in the compound parkkihappo (tannic acid). | |
| 3. n. A bark as a three-masted vessel, foremast and mainmast square-rigged, mizzenmast schooner-rigged. | |
| 4. n. Used in everyday language to refer to parking or a vehicle being parked or a place where one can temporarily leave something. | |
| Autoni on parkissa Ratakadulla. = My car is parked at Ratakatu. | |
| parkkipaikka = parking place | |
| parkkipirkko = a lady ticketing falsely parked vehicles | |
| lapsiparkki = a place where one can leave the kids while shopping |
| ärjyä | |
| 1. v. (intransitive) To bellow, holler, roar (at the top of one's lungs). |
| kuoria | |
| 1. v. to peel (a potato; a fruit) | |
| 2. v. to skin (an onion) | |
| 3. v. to skim (milk) | |
| 4. v. to shell, shale (an egg, a nut etc.) | |
| 5. v. to husk (a seed, a corn ear) | |
| 6. v. to strip, peel, debark (tree) | |
| 7. n. partitive plural form of kuori | |
| 8. n. partitive singular form of kuori |
| kattaa | |
| 1. v. to roof (a house) | |
| 2. v. to cover (a head) | |
| 3. v. to set (the dinner table) | |
| 4. v. to cover, defray (e.g. costs) |
| murista | |
| 1. v. (intransitive) To growl, snarl. | |
| Vihainen koira murisee. | |
| An angry dog growls. | |
| 2. v. (intransitive) To rumble. |
| pursi | |
| 1. n. A yacht, as a boat built for pleasure. | |
| 2. n. (poetically) Any water-going craft or vessel. See especially: barque. |
| nurista | |
| 1. v. (intransitive) To groan, moan (complain). |
| venho | |
| 1. n. (archaic) boat |
| hiertää | |
| 1. v. to abrade, chafe | |
| 2. v. to gnaw at, nag at, bother, gall | |
| Häviö hiertää häntä vieläkin. | |
| The defeat is still bothering him/her. | |
| Asia hiertää maitten välejä. | |
| The issue is gnawing at the relations between the countries. |
| ärjäistä | |
| 1. v. (intransitive) To roar. |
| tuohia | |
| 1. n. partitive plural form of tuohi |
| aisata | |
| 1. v. To bark (strip the bark from a tree) partially, in order to speed up drying of the wood. |
| hiertyä | |
| 1. v. (intransitive) To be rubbed, be chafed, be abraded. |
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