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taittaa.

to fold (bend over so that it comes in contact with itself)

7 characters2 syllables approx.Suomi language

Meaning & usage

verb/ˈtɑi̯tːɑːˣ/[ˈt̪ɑ̝i̯t̪ːɑ̝ː(ʔ)]
  1. to fold (bend over so that it comes in contact with itself)

    transitive
    taittaa sivun kulma
    taittaa rikki / taittaa palasiksi
  2. to fold (make the proper arrangement by bending)

    transitive
    taittaa lautasliinat
  3. to fold, fold up (make more compact by folding)

    transitive
  4. to break or snap by folding or bending

    transitive
  5. to break, fracture, snap (cause the bone in a limb in a body to break or fracture by bending it)

    transitive
  6. to refract (cause light to change direction as a result of entering a different medium)

    transitive
  7. to lay out (arrange the visual elements on a page, e.g. of a newspaper)

    transitive
  8. to mute (mix a color with black, gray or white to create a shade, tone or tint)

    transitive
  9. to make a trip, cover a distance (with matka, taival, etc.)

    idiomatic · transitive
    Purjevene taittaa matkan 2,5 tunnissa.
  10. to reap (e.g. grain)

    transitive
Where this word comes from

Equivalent to *tai- + -ttaa, from the same root as taipua (“to bend”) (for the morphology, compare Proto-Finnic *toipu- ~ *toitta-). Related to Karelian taittoa.

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