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kniäzä

[ˈknʲiæ̯zʲæ]

noun

LanguageKarelian

Meaning
  1. prince, knez
  2. ridgepole; principle (beam along the edge of a roof)
  3. prince
  4. A title for a prince or a knez. It also refers to the ridgepole, which is the main beam along the top edge of a roof.
Examples

Kniäzä on kattohizimmyksen ylin puoli.

The ridgepole is the highest part of the roof structure.

Pronunciationˈknʲiæ̯zʲæ

Part of speechnoun

Usage noteThis word has two very different meanings, one being a royal title and the other a structural building term.

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kniäzä in other languages

Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 7 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.