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Finnish
Etymology
munas- (“egg”) + kuu (“fat”)
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Noun
munaskuu
- (archaic) kidney
- Synonym: munuainen
- (idiomatic, plural only) gut, guts (the imagined seat within the body of instinctive feeling)
Tunnen munaskuissani, että huomenna on hyvä päivä.- I feel in my guts that tomorrow will be a great day.
- (biblical, idiomatic, archaic) kidney, rein (used in several Biblical passages where God is said to know a person thoroughly; thence used idiomatically)
- tuntea munaskuita myöten ― to know (someone) through and through
1933/1938, Pyhä Raamattu [The Holy Bible], Helsinki: Suomen Pipliaseura, Jeremia (Jeremiah) 20:12:Herra Sebaot, sinä joka tutkit vanhurskaan, näet munaskuut ja sydämen (...)- O Lord of hosts, that triest the righteous, and seest the reins and the heart (...)
- (colloquial, by misconception, plural only) testicles
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