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osua.

to hit, strike, get [with illative] (a spot, target)

4 characters2 syllables approx.Suomi language

Meaning & usage

verb/ˈosuɑˣ/[ˈo̞s̠uɑ̝(ʔ)]
  1. to hit, strike, get [with illative] (a spot, target)

    intransitive
  2. synonym of sattua (“to happen, to be (there); to be somewhere or something by accident or coincidence”)

    intransitive
Where this word comes from

From Proto-Finnic *osudak, probably from Proto-Finno-Ugric *ońćo- (“to get”). Probably ultimately equivalent to osa- + -ua. Compare sattua (“to hit, strike, touch”).

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