varsi

[edit] Finnish

varsi

The stalk of a plant.
The handle of many tools. In order to be called varsi, the handle needs to be longish in shape. An axe and a hammer have varsi, but a knife has kahva.
An arm in the sense of any structure that resembles a human arm.
The part of a boot or a sock which covers the leg or part of it.
A stem of a tobacco pipe, or a musical note.
(technology) Usually compounded with a defining beginning, a rod
As the last part of a compound word, refers to some parts of a human body (see related terms below).
(rare) The human body when discussed from a structural point of view, the figure.
As the last part of a compound word, refers to an area considered to be close to a waterway or a traffic route, a side.

tien varsi, tienvarsi, joen varsi, jokivarsi, joenvarsi etc.
Used like a postposition to refer to passing of time or a journey, along, during or in the course of.

matkan varrella = along the road

pitkän elämäni varrella = during my long life

vuosien varrella = in the course of many years
As the first part of a compound word, indicates that the object is equipped with a stalk, an arm or similar.

varsieväinen, varsijousi, varsiluuta

Declension of varsi (type kynsi)