Shaft

"Shaft" in Finnish

aisa

(any long, thin object)

akseli

(any long, thin object)

hissikuilu

(vertical passage housing a lift)

kaivoskuilu

(long passage sunk into the earth)

kanava

(ventilation or heating conduit)

kanki

(any long, thin object)

kuilu

(long passage sunk into the earth)

kuilu

(vertical passage housing a lift)

ruoto

(main axis of a feather)

valokeila

(beam or ray of light)

varsi

(long narrow body of spear or arrow)

varsi

(any long, thin object)

varsi

(lacrosse: long narrow body of the stick)

varsi

(the shaft of the penis)

kepittää

(slang: to have sexual intercourse)

mopottaa

(slang: to engage in a malicious act)

varttaa

(to equip with a shaft)

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