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kuumottaa
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Finnish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Variant of kumottaa.
Verb
kuumottaa
- (intransitive) to be barely visible, seem to be, be in sight, glimmer (unclearly, as through another medium)
- Usvan läpi kuumottaa toinen alus.
- There is another vessel, barely visible through the mist.
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Further reading
- “2. kuumottaa”, 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 1 July 2023
Etymology 2
Verb
kuumottaa
- (transitive, usually atelic) to heat, to cause to feel hot
- Lamppu kuumottaa niskaani.
- The lamp is heating my neck.
- (intransitive) to feel hot,to be hot, to burn
- Niskaani kuumottaa.
- My neck is hot.
- (intransitive, colloquial) to feel hot because of nervousness or excitement
- (transitive, usually atelic, colloquial) to cause to feel hot because of nervousness or excitement; to incite nervousness or excitement
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Further reading
- “1. kuumottaa”, 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 1 July 2023
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