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eksyä.

to get lost, stray, go astray, lose one's way

5 characters2 syllables approx.Suomi language

Meaning & usage

verb/ˈeksyæˣ/[ˈe̞ks̠yæ(ʔ)]
  1. to get lost, stray, go astray, lose one's way

    intransitive
    Eksyin metsään.
    Eksyin reitiltä.
  2. to come across some place or thing; stumble upon or into something; end up, find oneself somewhere or doing something (to do something or go somewhere not intended; to encounter or discover something fortuitously)

    figuratively · intransitive
    Eksyin viikonloppuna uuteen kahvilaan.
    Eksyin työkaverini vuoteeseen.
Where this word comes from

From Proto-Finnic *eksüdäk. Related to Estonian eksima, Ingrian eksyä, Karelian ekšyö, Livonian jeksõ and Votic öhsüä.

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