Meaning of akseli | Babel Free

Määritelmät

1. axle (pin or spindle on which a wheel revolves, or which revolves with a wheel; transverse bar or shaft connecting opposite wheels)
2. a male given name
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3. shaft, driveshaft (shaft, or long thin object, used to transmit rotary motion)
4. axis (imaginary line around which an object spins or is symmetrically arranged)
5. axis (fixed one-dimensional figure forming part of the basis of a space)
6. axis (form of classification and description of mental disorders or disabilities)
7. axis (main stem or central part about which organs or plant parts such as branches are arranged)

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“Maa pyörähtää kerran päivässä akselinsa ympäri.”

The Earth rotates once a day on its axis.

“—Mitäs Akseli? —Joko sillä ny nimiki on? —Se on ollu jo kauan. Se on Akseli Johannes.”

—How's Akseli? —He's got a name now? —For quite a while now. It's Akseli Johannes.

“Mistä emäntä keksi antaa lapsiraukalle nimeksi juuri Akselin? Eikö hänen mieleensä juolahtanut että vauva olisi voitu hätäkastaa vaikkapa Heikiksi, Juhaniksi tai Matiksi? Ehkäpä pelästyneen naisen mielessä harhaili tuolla hetkellä sota ja akselivallat? Tuskin hän ajatteli kärrynpyöriä, jotka kiertävät akselin varassa. Akseli on enemmänkin koneenosa kuin ihmisen nimi, mutta minkäpä vauva nimelleen voi, varsinkin jos sattuu syntymään kuolleena.”

Just where the mistress did get Akseli from as the name for the poor child? Didn't she think that perhaps Heikki, Juhani or Matti would have been a better name on the spot? Maybe the war and the Axis powers were occupying the mind of that frightened woman? I doubt she was thinking of cartwheels and their axles. Akseli is more like a cog in a machine than a name for a human. What can a baby do about his name anyway, especially when he's stillborn.

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