nukkua.
to sleep
Meaning & usage
to sleep
laittaa nukkumaan
mennä nukkumaan
Where this word comes from
From Proto-Finnic *nukkudak (compare Karelian n'ukkuo, Ludian nukkuda, as well as Estonian tukkuma and Livonian tukkõ, for which compare nousta ~ Estonian tõusma). Further possibly also related to Northern Sami nohkkat (which might be borrowed from Finnic).
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