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valtuuttaa.

to authorize, empower, mandate, delegate (give power, permission or authority to)

10 characters3 syllables approx.Suomi language

Meaning & usage

verb/ˈʋɑltuːtːɑːˣ/[ˈʋɑ̝l̪t̪uːt̪ːɑ̝ː(ʔ)]
  1. to authorize, empower, mandate, delegate (give power, permission or authority to)

Where this word comes from

valta (“power, authority”) + -uuttaa. Coined by Finnish physician and philologist Elias Lönnrot in 1851, perhaps originally in the noun valtuutus.

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