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kertoja.

narrator

7 characters3 syllables approx.Suomi language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈkertojɑ/[ˈk̟e̞rt̪o̞jɑ̝]

  1. narrator

  2. storyteller

  3. multiplier (a number by which the multiplicand is to be multiplied)

Where this word comes from

kertoa (“to tell, to multiply”) + -ja. In the arithmetic sense "multiplier", coined by Finnish pastor, teacher and author Johan Fredrik Wallin for Luvunlasku- eli räkninki-kirja (1835).

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