Noun

1. The stalk of a plant.
2. The handle of many tools. In order to be called varsi, the handle needs to be longish in shape. An axe and a hammer have varsi, but a knife has kahva.
3. An arm in the sense of any structure that resembles a human arm.
4. The part of a boot or a sock which covers the leg or part of it.
5. A stem of a tobacco pipe, or a musical note.
6. (technology) Usually compounded with a defining beginning, a rod
7. As the last part of a compound word, refers to some parts of a human body (see related terms below).
8. (rare) The human body when discussed from a structural point of view, the figure.
9. As the last part of a compound word, refers to an area considered to be close to a waterway or a traffic route, a side.

   tien varsi, tienvarsi, joen varsi, jokivarsi, joenvarsi etc.

10. Used like a postposition to refer to passing of time or a journey, along, during or in the course of.

    matkan varrella = along the road

    pitkän elämäni varrella = during my long life

    vuosien varrella = in the course of many years

11. As the first part of a compound word, indicates that the object is equipped with a stalk, an arm or similar.

    varsieväinen, varsijousi, varsiluuta

Related terms

• männänvarsi
• vipuvarsi

• kaulavarsi
• käsivarsi
• olkavarsi
• kyynärvarsi
• jalkavarsi
• reisivarsi
• säärivarsi
• nenänvarsi