juoksu

From Proto-Finnic *jooksu, equivalent to juosta (“to run”) +‎ -u.

• IPA^(key): /ˈjuo̯ksu/, [ˈjuo̞̯ks̠u]
• Rhymes: -uoksu
• Syllabification^(key): juok‧su
• Hyphenation^(key): juok‧su

juoksu

1. run (act of running)
2. run (pace faster than a walk)
3. (athletics) running (activity of running as a form of exercise or as a sport)

   Juoksu on hyvää harjoitusta.

   Running is good exercise.

4. (athletics) run (sports event consisting of running over a certain distance)

   3000 metrin juoksu ― 3000-meter run

5. (baseball, pesäpallo, cricket) run
6. (construction) ledger, plate, wall plate (piece of timber laid horizontally in or on a wall as a support for a girder, rafter, or joist)

   Synonym: sivutuki

7. (colloquial) animal's heat

   Synonym: juoksuaika

   olla juoksut ― to be in heat

8. (zoology, as modifier) cursorial (having legs fitted for running)

   Strutsi on juoksulintu.

   The ostrich is a cursorial bird.

• “juoksu”, 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