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kuolettaa.

to amortize (decrease a debt in installments)

9 characters3 syllables approx.Suomi language

Meaning & usage

verb/ˈkuo̯letːɑːˣ/[ˈkuo̞̯le̞t̪ːɑ̝ː(ʔ)]
  1. to amortize (decrease a debt in installments)

    transitive
  2. to invalidate, make invalid (such as passwords or cards)

    transitive
  3. to invalidate, make invalid (such as passwords or cards) to cancel (a credit card, e.g. if it gets stolen)

    transitive
  4. to perform a foot trap

    transitive
  5. to devitalize (destroy tissue locally)

    transitive
  6. synonym of puuduttaa (“to apply local anesthetic, anesthesize (a part of the body), deaden”)

    informal · transitive
  7. synonym of tappaa (“to kill”)

    archaic · dialectal · transitive
  8. to let someone die, take care of someone dying until they die

    dialectal · transitive
  9. synonym of tukahduttaa (“to stifle, smother”): to mortify

    archaic · figuratively · transitive
Where this word comes from

From Proto-Finnic *koolëttadak, equivalent to kuolla (“to die”) + -ttaa (curative verb). Original senses presumably “to let die, kill; to take care of someone dying”, as those are also found in the other Finnic languages.

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