lukea.
to read (interpret or speak aloud something written)
Meaning & usage
to read (interpret or speak aloud something written)
Luen kirjaa.
Voitko lukea minulle sadun?
to read, say (to consist of certain written text; of written text, be interpreted in a certain way)
Kyltissä lukee "pääsy kielletty".
Kirjan sivulla 105 lukee...
to study, (UK) read (review materials; take a course, especially in an academic context)
Mitä luet yliopistossa?
Minun pitää lukea kokeeseen.
to count, reckon (still used in some expressions like mukaan luettuna, mukaan lukien, lukea tiilenpäitä, lukematon)
Yhtä puuttuu, sanoi piru kun kusiaisia luki.
to consider (as); to count (as); to include
Kahvitauko luetaan työaikaan kuuluvaksi.
Sitä ei lueta.
to scan (a paper document, QR code, etc.)
Where this word comes from
From Proto-Finnic *lukëdak (“to count”) (compare Estonian lugema), from Proto-Uralic *luke- (“to count”) (compare Northern Sami lohkat (“to read, count”), Moksha лувомс (luvoms, “to count”), Udmurt лыдӟыны (lyddźyny, “to count, to read”), Eastern Khanty ԓө̆ӈәтта (łø̆ṇətta, “to read”) and possibly Hungarian olvas). Furthermore related to Northern Sami logi (“ten”) and Eastern Mari лу (lu, “ten”). * (to read): Might represent Slavic influence; see the Proto-Finnic entry for more. * (to study): Compare Swedish läsa. * (to consider, count as): Probably a semantic loan; compare Swedish räkna, German zählen.
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