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Finnish
Etymology
käristä + -y or, a variant of dialectal kärty, from Proto-Finnic *kärtä.
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Noun
käry
- fume (gas or vapour/vapor that is strong-smelling or dangerous to inhale, especially one that emerges from burning or smoldering material)
- the smell of burning
- the act of someone being caught of misconduct of some kind
- dopingkäry ― (the act of) sportsperson being caught doping
- (slang) idea, notion, knowledge
Hänellä ei ole mitään käryä siitä, kuinka yritystä pyöritetään.- He doesn't have the faintest notion of how to run a business.
Tiedätkö, missä auton avaimet ovat? -Sori, ei mitään käryä.- Do you know where the car keys are? -I don't have the faintest, sorry."
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