boksi

From English box, origin uncertain.

• IPA^(key): /ˈboksi/

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• Rhymes: -oksi
• Hyphenation: bok‧si

boksi (present boksas, past boksis, future boksos, conditional boksus, volitive boksu)

1. (intransitive, boxing) to box, punch; strike with the fists.
   • 1928, L. L. Zamenhof, La Rabistoj [The Robbers], translation of Die Räuber by Friedrich Schiller:

     Sufiĉe da kuraĝo, por boksi sub minacanta pendingo kun la diablo mem pro mizera pekulo.

     Enough courage to box under a threatening gallows with the devil himself for a wretched sinner.

From English box.

• IPA^(key): /ˈboksi/, [ˈbo̞ks̠i]
• Rhymes: -oksi
• Syllabification^(key): bok‧si
• Hyphenation^(key): bok‧si

boksi (informal)

1. box
2. box set (related recordings placed in a box to be sold as a unit)
3. studio, room (small apartment or room, often rented for temporary living)

• (box): laatikko
• (residence): asunto (“residence”); yksiö (“studio”); huone (“room”); (informal) kämppä, luukku (“residence”)

• “boksi”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023

Borrowed from Danish boks.

boksi (plural boksit)

1. safe
2. box

Borrowed from English box.

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boksi class IX (plural boksi class X)

1. box

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