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kitua

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Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kitudak, from Proto-Uralic *kičɜ (illness).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkituɑˣ/, [ˈk̟it̪uɑ̝(ʔ)]
  • Rhymes: -ituɑ
  • Syllabification(key): ki‧tu‧a
  • Hyphenation(key): ki‧tua

Verb

kitua (intransitive)

  1. to suffer pain (particularly on the brink of death)
    Yliajettua jänistä ei saa jättää kitumaan.
    You cannot leave a rabbit you hit with a car to suffer.
  2. to linger (on), languish, pine (away) (to live in miserable conditions)
    Synonym: kärsiä
  3. to eke out a meager existence.
    Synonym: kituuttaa

Conjugation

More information indicative mood, present tense ...

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