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Finnish
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *sulku, equivalent to sulkea (“to close, shut”) + -u; cognate with Estonian sulg.
Pronunciation
Noun
sulku
- closing, closure, shutting (act of closing or shutting)
- block, blockade (something that prevents passing)
- hermeettinen sulku ― hermetic seal
- tiesulku ― roadblock
- ihmissulku ― human blockade
- blockade (isolation of something)
- Synonym: saarto
- Synonym of sulje (“bracket”) (graphic symbol)
- hakasulku ― square bracket
- suluissa ― in brackets
- lock (segment of a canal)
- sluice (artificial passage for water, fitted with a valve or gate)
- freeze, halt, block
- palkkasulku ― pay freeze
- ydinsulku ― nuclear freeze
- fault (abnormal connection in an electric circuit)
- maasulku ― earth fault
- (arms control) nonproliferation
- ydinsulkusopimus ― nuclear nonproliferation treaty
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