purkki

 

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Purkki

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Borrowed from Swedish burk.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpurkːi/, [ˈpurkːi]
• Rhymes: -urkːi
• Hyphenation^(key): purk‧ki

purkki

1. jar (small, approximately cylindrical container)
2. can (cylindrical container)

   Synonym: tölkki

3. canister (lightweight cylindrical container)
4. kick the can (children's game; a game similar to hide-and-seek or tag in which a ball or other object is kicked away at the start of the game, and "it" is only allowed to catch players while the ball is back where it started)

   Synonyms: pallopurkki, purkkis

5. (computing, colloquial, dated) a BBS

• “purkki”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

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