-päinen

Finnish

adj
Definitions
  • Of or pertaining to a head; used only as headword in compound terms. Sometimes translated into English as -headed, but often the compound has a translation of its own.

Etymology

Suffix from Finnish pää (head, main, end, tip, top, crest, headed, main etc, head's, chief, of head, primary, in the head, principal).

Origin

Finnish

pää

Gloss

head, main, end, tip, top, crest, headed, main etc, head's, chief, of head, primary, in the head, principal

Concept
Semantic Field

The body

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Kanji

頭

Emoji
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