kalkita

Finnish

verb
Definitions
  • (transitive) to calcify to make something hard and stony by impregnating with calcium salts
  • (transitive) to whitewash to paint over with a lime and water mixture so as to brighten up e.g. a wall or fence
  • (transitive) to lime to treat with calcium hydroxide or calcium oxide (lime)

Etymology

Suffix from Finnish kalkki (lime).

Origin

Finnish

kalkki

Gloss

lime

Concept
Semantic Field

The physical world

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Emoji

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