kiertää

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[edit] Finnish

(index ki)

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kiertää

  1. (transitive) To turn, twist, screw.
  2. (transitive) To roll (up).
  3. (transitive) To wind, wrap.
  4. (transitive, + partitive) To circle, go around, circumvent.
  5. (transitive or intransitive; tr. -> + partitive) To roam, rove, wander.
  6. (transitive, e.g. of a satellite, + partitive) To orbit.
  7. (transitive) To surround, encircle.
  8. (transitive, + genitive-accusative) To round.
  9. (transitive) To circumvent, evade, dodge, avoid.
  10. (transitive) To circumvent, get around/past.
  11. (intransitive) To spin, turn, revolve.
  12. (intransitive, of blood in vessels) To circulate.
  13. (intransitive) To go around (from person to person).

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  • Hyphenation: kier‧tää
  • IPA: /'kiertæː/

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kiertää

  1. Third-person singular indicative present form of kiertää.
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