parkki

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɑrkːi/, [ˈpɑ̝rkːi]
• Rhymes: -ɑrkːi
• Hyphenation^(key): park‧ki

Borrowed from Swedish bark. The senses related to tanning leather are due to tannins being obtained from tree bark.

parkki

1. (botany) bark (exterior covering of the trunk and branches of a tree)
2. (in compounds) tannic

   parkkihappo ― tannic acid

• (tree bark): kaarna

• “1. parkki”, 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 2023-07-01

Borrowed from Swedish bark (“bark (type of sailship)”).

parkki

1. bark (three-masted vessel, foremast and mainmast square-rigged, mizzenmast schooner-rigged)

• “3. parkki”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01

Back-formation from parkkeerata

parkki (informal)

1. refers to parking or a vehicle being parked or a place where one can temporarily leave something

   Autoni on parkissa Ratakadulla.

   My car is parked at Ratakatu.

   parkkipaikka ― parking lot

   parkkipirkko ― meter maid, PEO

   lapsiparkki ― a place where one can leave the kids while shopping

• pysäköinti

• “4. parkki”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[3] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01

• Pirkka, pirkka, prikka