Meaning of syli | Babel Free

Määritelmät

1. arms (in reference to embracing or holding in both one's arms)
2. fathom (traditional measure of length equal to three cubits; see usage notes below)
3. fathom
4. lap (space over upper legs of a seated person)
5. A unit of volume for firewood, enough firewood to make a woodpile four kyynärä (around 2.4 metres) long and three kyynärä (around 1.8 metres) tall, with the width depending on the type of tree; e.g. five kortteli (around 0.75 metres) wide (equating to around 3.14 stacked cubic metres) for birch and six kortteli (around 0.9 metres) wide (equating to around 3.77 stacked cubic metres) for wood from coniferous trees.
   historical
6. lap (place of rearing and fostering)
   figuratively
7. A somewhat less old unit of volume for firewood equivalent to four (stacked) cubic metres.
   historical
8. synonym of sylillinen (“armful”)

Vastineet

Esimerkit

“Otin hänet syliini.”

I took her/him in my arms.

“Poika istui äitinsä sylissä.”

The boy was sitting on his mother's lap.

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