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käydä

Pronunciation: /ˈkæy̯dæˣ/

“käydä” is a Finnish word. Its 20 meanings in English:

verb

  1. to visit, go to (and return), attend (a place)
  2. to go do (and come back)
  3. to go do (gathering, collecting, harvesting)
  4. to attend, go to, be in (telicity depends on the completeness of the action)
  5. to walk, step, tread, pace, stride
  6. to walk
  7. to pass, go, head (change place)
  8. to lead, take, go, extend (of footpaths, roads etc.)
  9. to go, take a position; sit down, lie down, etc.
  10. to happen
  11. to happen, go [with adverb] (often in English with subject it)
  12. to happen [with adverb] (to somebody)
  13. to please, suit, make content, be okay (with)
  14. to suit, fit
  15. to pass for
  16. to run, operate, work, go
  17. to go, run
  18. to go by
  19. to carry out, conduct, engage in, practice, do, have, pursue, transact (a prolonged or habitual activity)
  20. to begin, start, get to, get

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *käüdäk (“to walk; to ferment”) (compare Karelian käyvvä, Estonian käima), from earlier *käwe-, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *skēwijaną (compare Gothic 𐍃𐌺𐌴𐍅𐌾𐌰𐌽 (skēwjan), Old Norse skæva).

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