kiertää

Finnish

pronunciation
Definitions
  • (transitive) to turn, twist, screw, rotate
  • (transitive) to roll (up)
  • (transitive) to wind, wrap
  • (transitive) to circle, go around, circumvent
  • (transitive or intransitive;) to roam, rove, wander
  • (transitive) to orbit
  • (transitive) to surround, encircle
  • (transitive) to round.
  • (transitive) to circumvent, evade, dodge, avoid
  • (transitive) to circumvent, get around/past
  • (intransitive) to spin, turn, revolve
  • (intransitive) to reciprocate
  • (intransitive) to circulate
  • (intransitive) to go around from person to person
  • to make the rounds, do the rounds to circulate from one place to another
  • to make the rounds, do the rounds to go from one place to another for a particular reason

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Finnic *keertädäk suffix from Finnish kierä (twisted).

Origin

Finnish

kierä

Gloss

twisted

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