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ojentaa.

to reach out (usually with käsi (“hand”)) (to extend one's hand(s) forward)

7 characters3 syllables approx.Suomi language

Meaning & usage

verb/ˈojentɑːˣ/[ˈo̞je̞n̪t̪ɑ̝ː(ʔ)]
  1. to reach out (usually with käsi (“hand”)) (to extend one's hand(s) forward)

    transitive
    Hän ojensi kätensä ottaakseen kiinni putoavan lumihiutaleen.
  2. to stretch out, reach (to fully extend a part of the body)

    transitive
    ojentaa auttava käsi
    Ojenna käsivartesi pääsi yläpuolelle.
  3. to extend, project, jut, jut out (to extend a protrusion or appendage outward)

    transitive
    ojentaa kätensä
  4. to reach, hand out [with allative ‘to’] (to give by stretching out)

    transitive
    Tehtäväni oli ojentaa esitteitä ohikulkijoille.
  5. to hand, give, reach, pass [with allative ‘to’] (to give, pass or transmit with the hand)

    transitive
    oikea ojentaa, vasen vastaanottaa
    Ojentaisitko tämän laatikon tikapuilla olevalle miehelle?
  6. to present, bestow [with allative ‘to’] (to present a thing as a gift or honour)

    transitive
    ojentaa palkinto
  7. to reprimand, lambaste, chastise, berate, scold, tell off, chew out (to criticize harshly)

    transitive
    Opettaja ojensi oppilaitaan.
    Kersantti ojensi alokkaita päivittäin.
  8. to chastise (to punish with corporal punishment)

    transitive
  9. to dress (to arrange in exact continuity of line, as soldiers)

    transitive
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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