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kostaa.

to avenge, revenge, take revenge, get back at (on); to retaliate (to)

6 characters2 syllables approx.Suomi language

Meaning & usage

verb/ˈkostɑːˣ/[ˈko̞s̠tɑ̝ː(ʔ)]
  1. to avenge, revenge, take revenge, get back at (on); to retaliate (to)

    transitive
    Kyllä hän vielä sen sinulle kostaa.
  2. to turn (in a particular direction)

    archaic · dialectal
Where this word comes from

From Proto-Finnic *kostadak (“to turn back”). Koivulehto considers it as a borrowing from Proto-Indo-European *goys-éye- or its Pre-Germanic descendant (whence German kehren).

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