oikea.
right (opposite of left)
Meaning & usage
right (opposite of left)
Käytä oikeaa kättäsi.
right, correct (morally good, acceptable; free from error, true; opposite of wrong)
Se oli oikea vastaus.
Annen vastaus on oikeampi kuin minun.
right (designed to be worn or placed outward, such as of a side in clothing)
appropriate, proper, fitting
real, true
Ovatko nämä oikeita mustikoita?
Pinokkiosta tuli oikea poika.
just, fair (more often as the adverb oikein)
right, straight, not bent or crooked
Where this word comes from
From Proto-Finnic *oikëda (compare Estonian õige), possibly from Proto-Finno-Permic *wojke (“straight”) (compare Erzya виде (vide)). Semantic development * The original sense was "straight". * "straight" → "right, correct": has parallels in other languages, e.g. Latin rēctus and English right from "straight" to "right, correct" * "right, correct" → "right (opposite of left)": most people are right-handed, so the right hand is the better hand for most people; compare Estonian parem (“right (opposite of left)”), cognate with Finnish parempi (“better”)); English right, likewise, has developed the same sense in the same fashion.
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