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karata.

to escape, run away, flee, fly, get away (from captivity)

6 characters3 syllables approx.Suomi language

Meaning & usage

verb/ˈkɑrɑtɑˣ/[ˈkɑ̝rɑ̝t̪ɑ̝(ʔ)]
  1. to escape, run away, flee, fly, get away (from captivity)

    intransitive
    Rangaistusvanki karkasi vankilasta.
  2. to run off, make off, abscond

    intransitive
    Myyjän käräyttämä vanha nainen karkasi tavaroidensa kanssa kaupasta juuri, kun vartija tuli paikalle.
  3. to elope

    intransitive
    Mies karkasi rakastettunsa kanssa.
  4. to desert

    intransitive
    Muutama amerikkalainen karkasi vihollisen puolelle.
  5. to advance to the next base as a baserunner even though there was no hit or even a swing, and successfully do so without being put out by the outfielding team

    intransitive
  6. to run (move quickly, faster than walking) (especially Southwest Finnish, Satakunta, Kymenlaakso)

    dialectal · intransitive
  7. to charge, lunge

    archaic · intransitive
  8. to leap, jump, hop

    archaic · intransitive
Where this word comes from

From Proto-Finnic *kargait'ak (compare Estonian kargama (“to jump, hop”), Livonian kargõ (“to jump”), Ludian kargaita (“to run”), Veps kargata (“to dance”)), possibly from Proto-Finno-Permic *karka- (compare Erzya кра- (kra-) in кравтомс (kravtoms, “to drive away, drive out, oust”)).

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