torjua
Finnish
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Definitions
- to defend successfully, ward off an attack, tackle
- to turn down, defy, scorn
- to reject, rebuff for example, a proposal
- to tackle face or deal with, especially a negative phenomenon
- (sports) to save to catch or deflect a shot at goal
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Finnic *torjudak.
Origin
Proto-Finnic
*torjudak
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- ennakkotorjunta Finnish
- haamutorjunta Finnish
- hallantorjunta Finnish
- ilmatorjunta Finnish
- lahontorjunta Finnish
- ohjustentorjuntaohjus Finnish
- panssarintorjunta Finnish
- torjuminen Finnish
- torjunta Finnish
- torjunta-aine Finnish
- torjuntahävittäjä Finnish
- torjuntamenetelmä Finnish
- torjuntavoittaja Finnish
- torjuntavoitto Finnish
- tuholaistorjunta Finnish
- vahingontorjunta Finnish
- vesakontorjunta Finnish
- öljyntorjunta Finnish
- *torjudak Proto-Finnic