kostua

From Proto-Finnic *kostudak, reflexive derivative kostaa +‎ -ua, originally meaning "to return" (intr.). The modern meaning is a result of contamination by the unrelated word kastua (“to get wet”), seemingly via an intermediate meaning "to return to usable condition by moistening" said of e.g. leather or wooden tools or dry bread.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkostuɑˣ/,
• Rhymes: -ostuɑ
• Hyphenation^(key): kos‧tua

kostua

1. to get moist, to get damp
2. to water (of the eyes, to fill with tears due to irritation, pain etc.)
3. (chiefly in the negative) to benefit from , of e.g. a plot
4. (vulgar) to get wet (of a woman, to become sexually aroused)

• “kostua”, 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

• akusto, astuko, kousat, otaksu, saukot, sotkua, soukat, ukosta