ojentaa
Pronunciation: /ˈojentɑːˣ/
“ojentaa” is a Finnish word. Its 9 meanings in English:
verb
- to reach out (usually with käsi (“hand”)) (to extend one's hand(s) forward)
- to stretch out, reach (to fully extend a part of the body)
- to extend, project, jut, jut out (to extend a protrusion or appendage outward)
- to reach, hand out [with allative ‘to’] (to give by stretching out)
- to hand, give, reach, pass [with allative ‘to’] (to give, pass or transmit with the hand)
- to present, bestow [with allative ‘to’] (to present a thing as a gift or honour)
- to reprimand, lambaste, chastise, berate, scold, tell off, chew out (to criticize harshly)
- to chastise (to punish with corporal punishment)
- to dress (to arrange in exact continuity of line, as soldiers)
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *oigëntadak. Equivalent to oikea + -ntaa; oikea used to mean “straight”, but this sense is no longer used in modern Finnish.
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