käänama

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Estonian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *käntädäk. Cognate to Finnish kääntää and Votic tšääntä. Possibly cognate to Udmurt кожыны (kožyny, to step aside, to turn) and Komi-Zyrian кежны (kežny, to turn).

Verb

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käänama (da-infinitive käänata)

  1. to twist, to turn, to bend
  2. (grammar, transitive) to decline

Conjugation

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