kertoa

kerta (“time, occasion”) +‎ -oa

• (to tell): Association between telling a story and counting is common across European languages; compare the semantic development of Swedish tala, German erzählen, English recount and Spanish contar.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkertoɑˣ/,

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• Rhymes: -ertoɑ
• Hyphenation^(key): ker‧toa

kertoa

1. (transitive) to tell

   kertoa tarina ― to tell a story

   Kertoiko hän sinulle mitään eilisestä?

   Did s/he tell you anything about yesterday?

   1. to have it (to understand, believe, let believe)

      Huhu kertoo, että etsit uutta työtä.

      Rumour has it you're looking for a new job.

      Tavallinen viisaus kertoo, että lämpö nousee ylöspäin, mutta itse asiassa se leviää: kuuma ilma nousee.

      Conventional wisdom has it that heat rises, but in fact heat diffuses: hot air rises.

   2. (intransitive) to be about, tell of

      Mistä tämä näytelmä kertoo?

      What is this play about?

   3. (figuratively, intransitive) to be a sign of, speak of, indicate
2. (transitive, arithmetic) to multiply
3. (rare) Synonym of kerrata

• “kertoa”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

• IPA^(key): /ˈkertoɑ/,
• Rhymes: -ertoɑ
• Hyphenation^(key): ker‧toa

kertoa

1. partitive singular of kerto

• Koreat, erakot, koreat