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virittää

Pronunciation: /ˈʋiritːæːˣ/

“virittää” is a Finnish word. Its 14 meanings in English:

verb

  1. to tune (modify a musical instrument so that it produces the correct pitches)
  2. to tune (adjust a mechanical, electric or electronic device so that it functions optimally)
  3. to tune (make more precise, intense, or effective)
  4. to voice (tune the pipes of an organ)
  5. to tune in (adjust the frequency of a receiver to match with that of a specific television or radio station)
  6. to set, arm, activate (of a trap or similar, to make ready for action)
  7. to cock (lift the cock of a firearm or crossbow, prepare a firearm or crossbow to fire)
  8. to jury-rig (create a makeshift, ad hoc solution from resources at hand)
  9. to light (start a fire, e.g. in a campfire)
  10. to stimulate, excite, evoke
  11. to set (in a mood, tone, etc.)
  12. to generate (act as a generator to an algebraic structure)
  13. to span (generate an entire space by means of linear combinations)
  14. to excite (cause to move to a state with higher energy)

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *virittädäk, equivalent to vireä (“active, animate”) + -ittää. Related to Karelian viritteä, Votic virittää (Kattila) and possibly Erzya верьгедемс (veŕgedems, “to ignite”).

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