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kajastaa.

to dawn (to begin to brighten with daylight)

8 characters3 syllables approx.Suomi language

Meaning & usage

verb/ˈkɑjɑstɑːˣ/[ˈkɑ̝jɑ̝s̠tɑ̝ː(ʔ)]
  1. to dawn (to begin to brighten with daylight)

    intransitive
    Päivä alkaa jo kajastaa.
  2. to be barely visible, seem to be, be in sight (at a distance)

    intransitive
    Onkohan meillä murtovarkaita? Yläkerrasta kajastaa valoa.
  3. to be imminent, be near, be in sight

    intransitive
    Aivan edessämme kajastaa loistava tulevaisuus.
Where this word comes from

Proto-Finnic *kaja + -staa, probably from Proto-Uralic *kaja (compare Northern Sami guojihit, Erzya каемс (kajems), Eastern Mari кояш (kojaš), Nganasan [script needed] (kou), Kamassian [script needed] (kuja)).

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