karata.
to escape, run away, flee, fly, get away (from captivity)
Meaning & usage
to escape, run away, flee, fly, get away (from captivity)
Rangaistusvanki karkasi vankilasta.
to run off, make off, abscond
Myyjän käräyttämä vanha nainen karkasi tavaroidensa kanssa kaupasta juuri, kun vartija tuli paikalle.
to elope
Mies karkasi rakastettunsa kanssa.
to desert
Muutama amerikkalainen karkasi vihollisen puolelle.
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
to run (move quickly, faster than walking) (especially Southwest Finnish, Satakunta, Kymenlaakso)
to charge, lunge
to leap, jump, hop
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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