vakka kantensa valitsee in Finnish

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Etymology: vakka (“type of wooden container, bushel”) + kansi (“cap”) + -nsa (“third person possessive suffix”) + valitsee (“chooses”) Etymology templates: {{suffix|fi|kansi|nsa|gloss2=third person possessive suffix|t1=cap}} kansi (“cap”) + -nsa (“third person possessive suffix”) Head templates: {{head|fi|proverb|head=vakka kantensa valitsee}} vakka kantensa valitsee

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    {
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"vakka kantensa valitsee" meaning in Finnish

Proverb