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liukua.

to slide (to move in continuous contact with a surface)

6 characters2 syllables approx.Suomi language

Meaning & usage

verb/ˈliu̯kuɑˣ/[ˈliu̯kuɑ̝(ʔ)]
  1. to slide (to move in continuous contact with a surface)

    Lumi liukuu alas vuorenrinnettä.
  2. to slide, glide (to pass along smoothly or unobservedly)

    Laivaa liukuu veden halki.
  3. to slide (to smoothly pass from one note to another by bending the pitch upwards or downwards)

  4. to segue (to make a smooth transition from one theme to another)

    Beethovenin sinfoniat liukuvat vaivattomasti teemasta toiseen.
  5. to plane, hydroplane (of a boat, to move in a way that lifts the bow out of the water)

Where this word comes from

From Proto-Finnic *liukudak. Related to liukas and probably derived from the same root; liuk- + -ua.

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