syödä

Finnish

pronunciation
Definitions
  • (transitive) to eat
  • (transitive) to wear out, to tire, to strain; to erode
  • (chess) to capture

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Finnic *söödäk inherited from Proto-Uralic *sewe- (eat).

Origin

Proto-Uralic

*sewe-

Gloss

eat

Concept
Semantic Field

Food and drink

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Emoji
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