pohtia.
to ponder, consider, reflect, mull over, contemplate, think (over) (think about something deeply)
Meaning & usage
to ponder, consider, reflect, mull over, contemplate, think (over) (think about something deeply)
Anna minun pohtia, miten minun pitäisi toimia.
Tämän kysymyksen pohtiminen voi avartaa mieltäsi.
to winnow (separate grain from husk or chaff with a winnowing basket)
Kun jyviä pohdittiin, niitä heiluteltiin pohtimessa jyvien erottelemiseksi akanoista.
Where this word comes from
pohtaa (“to winnow with a winnowing basket”) + -ia. The sense “to ponder, consider, reflect” was originally a figurative use of the winnowing sense (in the late 19th century, perhaps as a semantic loan from Swedish dryfta), but has become the primary sense in modern language.
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