silittää

Finnish

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Definitions
  • to stroke, to pet, to fondle
  • to iron pass an iron over clothing in order to remove creases

Etymology

Suffix from Finnish sileä (smooth, as opposed to the uneven skin of its close relative turbot, smooth - from the smooth throat skin of these whales).

Origin

Finnish

sileä

Gloss

smooth, as opposed to the uneven skin of its close relative turbot, smooth - from the smooth throat skin of these whales

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Sense perception

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Property

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