köyhä — meaning in English
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English meaning
- beggar noun A person who lives by asking others for money or food.
- deprived adj Lacking the basic necessities or comforts most people have; disadvantaged.
- destitute adjective Completely without money or the basic means to live; extremely poor.
- indigent adj Very poor; lacking the basic resources needed to live.
- needy adj Lacking basic necessities; poor.
- poor adj Having little money or few possessions.
Senses
köyhä is used for these senses in English:
- beggar A person suffering from extreme poverty.
- deprived Subject to deprivation; poor.
- destitute Lacking money, poor, impoverished; especially, extremely so.
- indigent Poor; destitute; in need.
- indigent A person in need, or in poverty.
- needy In need; poor.
- poor Free from self-assertion; not proud or arrogant; meek.
- poor (with the) The poor people of a society or the world collectively, the poor class of a society.
beggar — full definition
- noun A person who lives by asking others for money or food.
- verb To reduce someone to poverty, or to go far beyond what words or resources can describe or provide.
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