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heruttaa
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Finnish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Verb
heruttaa
- (agriculture, of cattle) to cause to secrete milk
- to extract (liquid from something)
- Onnistuin heruttamaan viinimarjoista tavallista enemmän mehua.
- I managed to extract more syrup out of the currants than usually.
- to give rise to (to be the origin of; to produce; to result in)
- Hannun provokatiivinen puhe herutti yleisöltä paljon kommentteja.
- Hannu's provocative speech gave rise to a multitude of comments from the audience.
- (slang) to seek the attention (or sex, money, etc.) of the opposite gender
- (slang, usually of females) to wear a very open-collared shirt that reveals cleavage
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Further reading
- “heruttaa”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023
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