putki

From Proto-Uralic *pučki (“hollow plant stalk”). Cognates include Estonian putk, Veps butk, Northern Sami boska (“angelica”), Erzya почко (počko, “roll, coil”), and Tundra Nenets пуд (pūd).

putki

1. tube, pipe
2. duct, conduit
3. barrel (of a large calibre firearm)
4. (colloquial) streak (continuous series of like events)

   voittoputki ― winning streak

5. (colloquial) bout (period of something)

   ryyppyputki ― drinking bout

6. (figuratively) pipeline (system through which something is conducted)

   Uusi ohjelmaversio on putkessa.

   A new version of the software is in the pipeline.

7. cow parsley (plant in the family Apiaceae similar to Anthriscus sylvestris)

• (barrel): The barrel of a small firearm is usually called piippu.
• (cow parsley): Plants called -putki in Finnish include vuohenputki, koiranputki, karhunputki, jänönputki, jättiputki, ukonputki and more.

• kupit, pukit