Re: totally offlist question to our finnish members

["Juha Uusikartano" <juhau@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> You are right, it means "root". It can be used with people and plants like
> in English. Where did you see this?

it can also mean something like 'exactly' in an expression 'niin juuri' or
'juuri niin' which means 'yes, exactly' or 'exactly so.'

you can also say 'saavuin juuri' which means 'I arrived just now.' Here its
used to designate recent past.

furthermore, it is used in mathematical connection, as in 'neliöjuuri' which
means 'square root of,' or similar.