Bow

"Bow" in Finnish

jousi

(weapon used for shooting arrows)

jousi

(rod used for playing stringed instruments)

kaari

(bend in a rod or planar surface)

keula

(front of a boat or ship)

kokka

(front of a boat or ship)

kumarrus

(gesture made by bending forward at the waist)

nauharuusuke

(type of knot with two loops)

rusetti

(type of knot with two loops)

kaartua

(to become bent)

kumartaa

(to bend oneself as a gesture of respect or deference)

kumartua

(to bend oneself as a gesture of respect or deference)

soittaa

(to play music on an instrument using a bow)

taipua

(to become bent)

taivuttaa

(to bend a thing)

vääntyä

(to become bent)

vääntää

(to bend a thing)

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.