nielu

== Finnish == === Etymology === From Proto-Finnic *neelu. Equivalent to niellä (“to swallow”) +‎ -u. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈnie̯lu/, [ˈnie̞̯lu] Rhymes: -ielu Syllabification(key): nie‧lu Hyphenation(key): nie‧lu === Noun === nielu (anatomy) pharynx (part of the throat; the part between the oral cavity and the esophageus and the trachea) (fishing) funnel (in a fyke net) sink (the opposite of a source; that which absorbs something; target or destination) Antonym: lähde (botany) throat (orifice of a tubular organ) (electronics) drain (of a field effect transistor) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “nielu”, 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 3 July 2023 === Anagrams === leuin