kostua
Finnish
verb
Definitions
- to get moist, to get damp
- to water (of the eyes, to fill with tears due to irritation, pain etc.)
- to benefit from (= elative), of e.g. a plot
- (vulgar) to get wet (of a woman, to become sexually aroused)
Etymology
Suffix from Finnish kostaa (avenge).
Origin
Finnish
kostaa
Gloss
avenge
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- kostaa Finnish
- kostaja Finnish
- kostaminen Finnish
- kostautua Finnish
- koste Finnish
- kosto Finnish
- kostuke Finnish
- kostuminen Finnish
- kostute Finnish
- kostutin Finnish
- kostuttaa Finnish
- kostuttaminen Finnish
- kostutus Finnish
- *kostadak Proto-Finnic