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taittaa

Pronunciation: /ˈtɑi̯tːɑːˣ/

“taittaa” is a Finnish word. Its 10 meanings in English:

verb

  1. to fold (bend over so that it comes in contact with itself)
  2. to fold (make the proper arrangement by bending)
  3. to fold, fold up (make more compact by folding)
  4. to break or snap by folding or bending
  5. to break, fracture, snap (cause the bone in a limb in a body to break or fracture by bending it)
  6. to refract (cause light to change direction as a result of entering a different medium)
  7. to lay out (arrange the visual elements on a page, e.g. of a newspaper)
  8. to mute (mix a color with black, gray or white to create a shade, tone or tint)
  9. to make a trip, cover a distance (with matka, taival, etc.)
  10. to reap (e.g. grain)

Etymology

Equivalent to *tai- + -ttaa, from the same root as taipua (“to bend”) (for the morphology, compare Proto-Finnic *toipu- ~ *toitta-). Related to Karelian taittoa.

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