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kiertää

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Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *keertädäk, equivalent to kier- +‎ -tää.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkie̯rtæːˣ/, [ˈk̟ie̞̯rt̪æː(ʔ)]
  • Rhymes: -iertæː
  • Syllabification(key): kier‧tää
  • Hyphenation(key): kier‧tää

Verb

kiertää

  1. (transitive) to turn, twist, screw, rotate
    Synonym: pyörittää
  2. (transitive) to roll (up)
    Synonyms: kääriä, kierittää
  3. (transitive) to wind, wrap
    Synonyms: kääriä, kietoa
  4. (transitive) to circle, go around, circumvent, round
    Synonyms: kulkea ympäri, kaartaa
    kiertää kaukaa ― to give a wide berth to, keep one's distance from, steer clear of, stay away from
  5. (transitive, usually atelic or intransitive) to roam, rove, wander
    Synonyms: kierrellä, vaeltaa, kuljeskella, kulkea ympäri
  6. (transitive, usually atelic) to orbit (e.g. of a satellite)
    Synonym: kulkea ympäri
  7. (transitive) to surround, encircle
    Synonyms: ympäröidä, saartaa
  8. (transitive) to round, turn past
  9. (transitive) to circumvent, evade, dodge, avoid
    Synonyms: vältellä, karttaa
    kiertää lakia ― to dodge the law
    kiertää veroja ― to evade taxes
  10. (transitive) to circumvent, get around/past
    Synonym: ohittaa
  11. (intransitive) to spin, turn, revolve
    Synonym: pyöriä
  12. (intransitive, of piston) to reciprocate
  13. (intransitive, of blood in vessels) to circulate
  14. (intransitive) to go around (from person to person)
    Synonym: kierrellä
  15. (intransitive) to make the rounds, do the rounds (to circulate from one place to another)
    Sen julkkiksen alastonkuvat ovat kiertäneet iltapäivälehdissä.
    The naked photos of that celebrity have been making the rounds in the tabloids.
  16. (intransitive) to make the rounds, do the rounds (to go from one place to another for a particular reason)
    Sairaalan lääkärit tarkastavat potilaat, kun he kiertävät yhdeksältä.
    The doctors at the hospital check on the patients when they make the rounds at nine o'clock.

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