pahvi
Finnish
pronunciation
Definitions
- Relatively thick and stiff cardboard. According to paper industry standards, pahvi weighs at least 250 g/sq.m.
- A versatile woodfibre-based packaging material produced by combining cardboard, fluting and/or paper. The usage of both Finnish and English terms is rather incoherent, but e.g. cardboard, corrugated board, paperboard and pasteboard may apply as translations for pahvi.
- (colloquial) blockhead, dolt
Etymology
Borrowed from Swedish paff (cardboard).
Origin
Swedish
paff
Gloss
cardboard
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- aalto Finnish
- aaltopahvi Finnish
- alus Finnish
- aluspahvi Finnish
- kansi Finnish
- kansipahvi Finnish
- katto Finnish
- kattopahvi Finnish
- kehys Finnish
- kehyspahvi Finnish
- kuppi Finnish
- laatikko Finnish
- muki Finnish
- oksa Finnish
- oksapahvi Finnish
- pahvikuppi Finnish
- pahvilaatikko Finnish
- pahvimuki Finnish
- pahvinen Finnish
- pahviveitsi Finnish
- pingottaa Finnish
- pinkopahvi Finnish
- veitsi Finnish
- voima Finnish
- voimapahvi Finnish
- välipahvi Finnish
- paff German
- paff Swedish
- papp Swedish
- pappkartong Swedish