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katsoa.

to look, have a look, take a look (+ at)

6 characters2 syllables approx.Suomi language

Meaning & usage

verb/ˈkɑtsoɑˣ/[ˈkɑ̝ts̠o̞ɑ̝(ʔ)]
  1. to look, have a look, take a look (+ at)

    transitive
    Katsoin sitä.
  2. to watch

    transitive
    Katsoin elokuvaa.
    Katsoin elokuvan.
  3. to choose, look for

    transitive
    Katson itselleni uutta kotia.
  4. to look up (obtain information from a source)

    transitive
  5. to see (to determine by trial or experiment; to find out)

    intransitive
    Katsotaan...
    Tulen käymään myöhemmin ja katson, osaanko korjata tietokoneesi.
  6. to regard, deem, see, perceive

    intransitive
    parhaaksi katsomallaan tavalla
    Katson parhaaksi poistua paikalta.
  7. to care for something, to mind; to make sure of something

    transitive
    Olen viikonloppuna katsomassa siskoni lapsia.
    Katsokin, ettet myöhästy!
  8. to see; to call (to match another player's bet)

    transitive
Where this word comes from

From Proto-Finnic *kaccodak (compare Estonian katsuma). * (to regard, deem): Semantic loan, ultimately from Latin videō. * ((gambling) to see (a bet)): Presumably a semantic loan from English see.

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