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võti

Pronunciation: /ˈvɤti/

“võti” is an Estonian word. Its 5 meanings in English:

noun

  1. key (a tool to open and close a lock)
  2. key (a keyword, a thing or action on which a solution, a decision, an achievement, etc. depends)
  3. nature, character, style
  4. key (a tool for tightening and loosening nuts, spring mechanisms, adjusting strings, telegraphing, etc.)
  5. clef (a mark at the beginning of musical notation that determines the specific position of a particular note on it)

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *vot'in, equivalent to võtma (“to take”) + -i. Cognates include Votic võtti (“key”), Livonian võțīm (“key”) and Finnish otin (“handle”).

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