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Finnish
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *keertädäk, equivalent to kier- + -tää.
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Verb
kiertää
- (transitive) to turn, twist, screw, rotate
- Synonym: pyörittää
- (transitive) to roll (up)
- Synonyms: kääriä, kierittää
- (transitive) to wind, wrap
- Synonyms: kääriä, kietoa
- (transitive) to circle, go around, circumvent, round
- Synonyms: kulkea ympäri, kaartaa
- kiertää kaukaa ― to give a wide berth to, keep one's distance from, steer clear of, stay away from
- (transitive, usually atelic or intransitive) to roam, rove, wander
- Synonyms: kierrellä, vaeltaa, kuljeskella, kulkea ympäri
- (transitive, usually atelic) to orbit (e.g. of a satellite)
- Synonym: kulkea ympäri
- (transitive) to surround, encircle
- Synonyms: ympäröidä, saartaa
- (transitive) to round, turn past
- (transitive) to circumvent, evade, dodge, avoid
- Synonyms: vältellä, karttaa
- kiertää lakia ― to dodge the law
- kiertää veroja ― to evade taxes
- (transitive) to circumvent, get around/past
- Synonym: ohittaa
- (intransitive) to spin, turn, revolve
- Synonym: pyöriä
- (intransitive, of piston) to reciprocate
- (intransitive, of blood in vessels) to circulate
- (intransitive) to go around (from person to person)
- Synonym: kierrellä
- (intransitive) to make the rounds, do the rounds (to circulate from one place to another)
Sen julkkiksen alastonkuvat ovat kiertäneet iltapäivälehdissä.- The naked photos of that celebrity have been making the rounds in the tabloids.
- (intransitive) to make the rounds, do the rounds (to go from one place to another for a particular reason)
Sairaalan lääkärit tarkastavat potilaat, kun he kiertävät yhdeksältä.- The doctors at the hospital check on the patients when they make the rounds at nine o'clock.
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