Re: totally offlist question to our finnish members

[Niko Wellingk <Niko.Wellingk@xxxxxx>]

Joni Virolainen wrote:
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <festusdirk@urbia.de>
> 
> > does "juuri" have any particular meaning in finnish?
> > well, at least i think it might be finnish.
> >
> You are right, it means "root". It can be used with people and plants like
> in English. Where did you see this?
> 

It also has other meanings like just or quite, root in the sense
of for example a plant's, like you said, also root in mathematical
sense. There are a couple of others that are in common use: at bottom
of something (by the roots of a tree, for example), the list could
go on.

Kind of curious to hear how this word was used.

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Niko Wellingk           Niko.Wellingk@dna.fi