levätä

Finnish

pronunciation
Definitions
  • (intransitive) To rest, take a break/breather.
  • (intransitive) To lie (lie down), sleep.
  • (intransitive) To rest, repose, lie, be buried.
  • (intransitive) To lie (unused), be out of use
  • (of a field) to lie fallow
  • (intransitive) panna lakiesitys lepäämään (vaalien yli) = to table/shelf a bill (until after the election).

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Finnic *lebäit'äk derived from Proto-Germanic *slēpaną (sleep).

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*slēpaną

Gloss

sleep

Concept
Semantic Field

The body

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Kanji

寝, 眠, 睡

Emoji
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