Meaning of vakka | Babel Free

Määritelmät

1. A roundish, voluminous container equipped with a cap.
2. A type of wooden container of varying size, made of bent thin board to make it strong and light, usually equipped with a close fitting cap.
3. A premetric unit of dry volume used in Sweden (halvspann in Swedish) and Finland. According to a 1665 regulation, equal to 36.64 liters, quite close to an imperial bushel.
   historical

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“pitää kynttiläänsä vakan alla”

to hide one's light under a bushel

“vakka kantensa valitsee”

a man is known by the company he keeps

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