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Finnish
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *nuija.
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nuija
- club, cudgel (heavy stick intended for use as a weapon)
- luolamiehen nuija ― caveman's club
- mallet (type of hammer with a larger-than-usual head made of wood, rubber or similar non-iron material)
- maul (heavy, long-handled hammer)
- bludgeon (short, heavy club, which is thicker or loaded at one end)
- gavel (wooden mallet of the chairman of a meeting)
- puheenjohtajan nuija ― chairman's gavel
Hän oli sellainen tuomari, joka heiluttaa nuijaa yhdellä kädellä ja ottaa lahjuksia toisella.- He was the sort of judge who swings the gavel with one hand and takes bribes with the other.
- (music) Synonym of malletti (“mallet; small hammer-like tool used for playing certain musical instruments”)
- (colloquial) fool, idiot, clod
- Synonyms: ääliö, torvi, pölkkypää, idiootti, hölmö
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