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korjata
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Finnish
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *korjat'ak, probably from Proto-Finno-Permic *korja-. Cognates include Estonian korjama (“to collect, pick”), Livonian kuoŗŗõ (“to collect, pick”) and Votic kõrjõtõ (“to cover”).
Pronunciation
Verb
korjata (transitive)
- to repair, fix, mend, remedy (restore to good working order, fix, or improve damaged condition)
- to correct, rectify, revise, amend, remedy, adjust, straighten (improve that which is incorrect or defective)
- to grade, alter (trim or tailor)
- to gather, collect (amass separate things into a place where they should go)
- Korjaa heti vaatteesi lattialta!
- Gather your clothes from the floor at once!
- to clear (a dining table), clear off (dishes from a table)
- (agriculture) to reap, harvest
- korjata sato ― to harvest
- korjata vehnä ― to harvest (the) wheat
- korjata vehnää ― to harvest wheat
Conjugation
Derived terms
adjectives
compounds
idioms
- korjata luunsa
Further reading
- “korjata”, 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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Ingrian
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *korjat'ak. Cognates include Finnish korjata and Estonian korjata.
Pronunciation
Verb
korjata
- (transitive) to collect
- Miä miun sisarenka määmmä korjaamaa opokkaa. ― My sister and I are going to gather mushrooms.
- 1937, V. A. Tetjurev, translated by N. J. Molotsova, Loonnontiito oppikirja alkușkoulua vart (toin osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 3:
- Peltoilt jo leipä ono korjattu, se korjattii ku vaa päis valmistuivat jyvät.
- Bread is already collected from the fields, it was collected as soon as the corns ripened in their ears.
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References
- Ruben E. Nirvi (1971), Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 194
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