taivuttaa

Finnish

verb
Definitions
  • to make something curved, to bend
  • to persuade or bend somebody to change their opinion or make up their mind for something
  • (grammar) to inflect a word
  • (grammar) to conjugate a verb
  • (grammar) to decline an adjective or a noun
  • (optics) to diffract

Etymology

Suffix from Finnish taipua.

Origin

Finnish

taipua

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