tukkimies

== Finnish == === Etymology === tukki (“log, stock”) +‎ mies (“man”); the word was in use when the main commercial forest product was lumber and therefore only the heaviest trees (tukkipuu) were worth felling. The expansion of pulp and paper industry changed the term first to metsätyömies and later to metsuri. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtukːiˌmie̯s/, [ˈt̪ukːiˌmie̞̯s̠] Rhymes: -ies Syllabification(key): tuk‧ki‧mies Hyphenation(key): tukki‧mies === Noun === tukkimies (dated) logger, lumberjack ==== Declension ==== ==== Synonyms ==== metsuri ==== Derived terms ==== tukkimiehen kirjanpito tukkimiehentäi === Further reading === “tukkimies”, 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