"vakka kantensa valitsee" meaning in Finnish

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Proverb

Etymology: vakka (“type of wooden container, bushel”) + kansi (“cap”) + -nsa (“third person possessive suffix”) + valitsee (“chooses”) Etymology templates: {{m|fi|vakka||type of wooden container, bushel}} vakka (“type of wooden container, bushel”), {{suffix|fi|kansi|nsa|gloss2=third person possessive suffix|t1=cap}} kansi (“cap”) + -nsa (“third person possessive suffix”), {{m|fi|valitsee||chooses}} valitsee (“chooses”) Head templates: {{head|fi|proverb|head=vakka kantensa valitsee}} vakka kantensa valitsee
  1. a man is known by the company he keeps (people are similar in character to their friends)
    Sense id: en-vakka_kantensa_valitsee-fi-proverb-DREjZ~14 Categories (other): Finnish entries with incorrect language header, Finnish proverbs, Finnish terms suffixed with -nsa

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