säätö

Finnish

noun
Definitions
  • adjustment, control, regulation
  • (colloquial) tuning, mess messing around any indeterminate action, possibly belittlingly
  • (colloquial) a fling, a short and garbled relationship with someone may or may not be sexual

Etymology

Suffix from Finnish säätää (adjust, prescribe, determine, provide, stipulated in).

Origin

Finnish

säätää

Gloss

adjust, prescribe, determine, provide, stipulated in

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