luoda
Pronunciation: /ˈluo̯dɑˣ/
“luoda” is a Finnish word. Its 9 meanings in English:
verb
- to create (bring into existence out of nothing)
- to create, make (produce out of something else; devise art, etc.)
- to shovel (move with a shovel)
- to shed, cast (radiate, give off light, set one's eyes, etc.)
- to shed, moult/molt, exuviate, slough (cast off a covering, especially a skin) (usually with an object to distinguish from other meanings)
- to give birth prematurely (usually with an object to distinguish from other meanings)
- to warp (arrange so that they run lengthwise in weaving)
- to throw, cast
- to begin, start to
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *loodak (compare Estonian looma), from Proto-Finno-Permic *loŋe- (“to throw, push away”) (compare Lule Sami lågŋot, Eastern Mari лоҥаш (loŋaš) and possibly Erzya лиемс (lijems, “to prepare yarn for weaving”)). Semantic development * (to throw): Original sense found already in Proto-Uralic. This broader sense is now archaic. * (to shovel): Narrower sense of “to throw”, which is…
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