kelvata.
to do, work, suffice, be good enough
Meaning & usage
to do, work, suffice, be good enough
Tämä roskatuote ei kelpaa mihinkään.
Hän kelpaisi esikuvaksi meille kaikille.
to do, be reasonable or acceptable
Se ei kelpaa minulle.
Where this word comes from
From Proto-Finnic *këlbat'ak (compare Estonian kõlbama), borrowed from Pre-Germanic *kelp- (“help”) (from Proto-Indo-European *ḱelb-, *ḱelp- and whence Proto-Germanic *helpaną, compare English help, Swedish hjälpa), or alternatively borrowed from Baltic (compare Lithuanian gelbėti).
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