ojentaa.
to reach out (usually with käsi (“hand”)) (to extend one's hand(s) forward)
Meaning & usage
to reach out (usually with käsi (“hand”)) (to extend one's hand(s) forward)
Hän ojensi kätensä ottaakseen kiinni putoavan lumihiutaleen.
to stretch out, reach (to fully extend a part of the body)
ojentaa auttava käsi
Ojenna käsivartesi pääsi yläpuolelle.
to extend, project, jut, jut out (to extend a protrusion or appendage outward)
ojentaa kätensä
to reach, hand out [with allative ‘to’] (to give by stretching out)
Tehtäväni oli ojentaa esitteitä ohikulkijoille.
to hand, give, reach, pass [with allative ‘to’] (to give, pass or transmit with the hand)
oikea ojentaa, vasen vastaanottaa
Ojentaisitko tämän laatikon tikapuilla olevalle miehelle?
to present, bestow [with allative ‘to’] (to present a thing as a gift or honour)
ojentaa palkinto
to reprimand, lambaste, chastise, berate, scold, tell off, chew out (to criticize harshly)
Opettaja ojensi oppilaitaan.
Kersantti ojensi alokkaita päivittäin.
to chastise (to punish with corporal punishment)
to dress (to arrange in exact continuity of line, as soldiers)
Where this word comes from
From Proto-Finnic *oigëntadak. Equivalent to oikea + -ntaa; oikea used to mean “straight”, but this sense is no longer used in modern Finnish.
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