The Finnish word for root is
juuri

Translations for root and their definitions

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)

nöyristellä
1. v. (intransitive) To fawn, truckle.

pääkäyttäjä
1. n. (computing) root user, root, superuser, administrator (user with complete access to the operating system and its configuration)

juuria
1. n. partitive plural form of juuri
2. v. To uproot.

lähde
1. n. spring (place where water emerges from the ground)
2. n. (often in plural) source (collection of water on or under the surface of the ground in which a stream originates)
3. n. source, origin (person, place or thing from which something comes or is acquired)
4. n. source (reporter's informant)
5. n. source (book, article, interviewee etc. referenced in a written work; an item in the bibliography of a written work)
6. n. (electronics) source (one of the terminals of a field effect transistor)
7. v. indicative present connegative of lähteä
(Minä) en/ (Sinä) et/ Hän ei/ (Me) emme/ (Te) ette/ He eivät lähde.
I/You/We/You/They don't / She/He doesn't leave.
8. v. second-person singular imperative present of lähteä
Lähde!
Leave!
9. v. second-person singular imperative present connegative of lähteä
Älä lähde!
Don't leave!

juurtua
1. v. (intransitive) to take root (to grow roots)
2. v. to put down roots (to grow to feel like belonging to a place)

tonkia
1. v. To grub (to dig in search of something, as e.g. a pig does to find food).
2. v. To scavenge (to search through unwanted material for useful material).
3. v. To dig (to research a particular subject, especially a suspicious case).

juurruttaa
1. v. To make take root.

nollakohta
1. n. (mathematics) root of a function; x-intercept

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

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