nuija

From Proto-Finnic *nuija.

• IPA^(key): /ˈnui̯jɑ/, [ˈnui̯j(ː)ɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -uijɑ
• Syllabification^(key): nui‧ja

nuija

1. club, cudgel (heavy stick intended for use as a weapon)

   luolamiehen nuija ― caveman's club

2. mallet (type of hammer with a larger-than-usual head made of wood, rubber or similar non-iron material)
3. maul (heavy, long-handled hammer)
4. bludgeon (short, heavy club, which is thicker or loaded at one end)
5. gavel; often also puheenjohtajan nuija (“chairman's gavel”) for clarity (wooden mallet of the chairman of a meeting)

   Hän oli sellainen tuomari, joka heiluttaa nuijaa yhdellä kädellä ja ottaa lahjuksia toisella.

   He was the sort of judge who swings the gavel with one hand and takes bribes with the other.

6. (figuratively, idiomatic) kuin nuijalla lyöty (“packed full”)

   Huone oli kuin nuijalla lyöty.

   The room was (absolutely) packed.

7. (music) Synonym of malletti (“mallet; small hammer-like tool used for playing certain musical instruments”)
8. (colloquial) fool, idiot, clod

   Synonyms: ääliö, torvi, pölkkypää, idiootti, hölmö

• kolkka

• “nuija”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

• junia, uijan