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Päivän sana - pussi (bag) (sopuli.xyz)

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Etymology

Borrowed from Old Swedish pusi, posi (compare modern Swedish påse), from Proto-Germanic *pusô.

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ˈpusːi/, [ˈpus̠ːi]
Rhymes: -usːi
Hyphenation(key): pus‧si

Noun

pussi
1 bag (small, flexible container for items; made of e.g. paper or plastic, either for packaging or storage, or for carrying, in which case usually smaller than a kassi)

2 (anatomy, zoology, botany) pouch, sac, bag

3 (billiards) pocket

4 (colloquial, in the plural) scrotum

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[–] Bezier@suppo.fi 3 points 2 weeks ago

Foreigners find it funny for some reason.

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