paksu

From Proto-Finnic *paksu, borrowed from Indo-Iranian; compare Sanskrit बहु (bahu, “much, many, abundant”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰn̥ǵʰús (“thick”). Akin to Estonian paks. Probably also related to Erzya покш (pokš, “big, adult”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɑksu/,
• Rhymes: -ɑksu
• Hyphenation^(key): pak‧su

paksu (comparative paksumpi, superlative paksuin)

1. thick (relatively great in extent from one surface to the opposite in its smallest solid dimension)

   Antonym: ohut

2. thick, viscous

   Synonym: sakea

   Antonym: ohut

3. thick, dense

   Synonyms: tuuhea, tiheä, taaja

   Antonym: ohut

4. (colloquial) pregnant
5. (colloquial) bold, barefaced, brazen, e.g. polemic but ungrounded in reality

• “paksu”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

• puska

From Proto-Finnic *paksu. Cognates include Finnish paksu and Estonian paks.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈpɑksu/,
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈpɑksu/,
• Rhymes: -ɑksu
• Hyphenation: pak‧su

paksu (comparative paksump)

1. thick
   • 1936, N. A. Iljin and V. I. Junus, Bukvari iƶoroin șkouluja vart, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 72:

     Kirja ono 3 santimetraa paksu.

     The book is 3 centimetres thick.

2. dense
3. pregnant
4. rich, wealthy
5. (typography) bold
   • 1936, V. I. Junus, Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 14:

     Paksuul șriftaal painetut format, niku jo oli saottu, ollaa otettu kirjakeelen formaks.

     The forms printed in the bold print, like was already said, have been taken into the forms of the written language.

• (dense): turpia, turpia, sakkia, jämmiä, tihhiä
• (rich): rikas, rahakas, karvain, rahalliin
• (pregnant): raskas

• (thick): hoikka, laiha, ujo, kehno, ohukkain (“thin”)
• (rich): köyhä

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 377

From Proto-Finnic *paksu.

• (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈpɑksu/,
• Rhymes: -ɑksu
• Hyphenation: pak‧su

paksu

1. thick
2. pregnant

• Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “paksu”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn