leikata

From Proto-Finnic *lëik'at'ak, possibly borrowed from Proto-Germanic *blaikijaną (see the Proto-Finnic entry for more details). Cognates include Estonian lõikama (“to cut”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈlei̯kɑtɑˣ/,
• Rhymes: -eikɑtɑ
• Hyphenation^(key): lei‧ka‧ta

leikata

1. (transitive) to cut (to divide with a sharp instrument)
   1. (transitive) to knife (to use a knife to cut, or cut through as if with a knife)
2. (transitive) to cut (to form or shape by cutting)
3. (transitive) to cut, incise (to cut in or into with a sharp instrument)

   Synonym: viiltää

4. (figurative, transitive) to cut (to reduce, especially intentionally)

   Synonym: vähentää

5. (transitive) to mow (to cut something down, especially grass or crops)
6. (transitive) to trim (to reduce slightly, especially, to remove excess)

   Synonym: trimmata

7. (transitive, medicine) to operate (perform some manual act upon a human body in a methodical manner)

   Synonym: operoida

8. (transitive, colloquial) to sterilize an animal, especially a pet; to fix, spay, neuter

   Synonyms: kuohia, kuohita

9. (transitive, film) to edit (assemble a film by cutting and splicing raw footage)
10. (transitive, computing) to cut (to remove and place in memory for later use)
11. (transitive) to intersect (cut into or between; to cut or cross mutually; to divide into parts)

    Synonym: ristetä

12. (transitive, ice hockey) to clip (perform an illegal check or tackle)
13. (colloquial, impersonal + adessive) to get it

    Synonyms: käsittää, tajuta

    Minulla ei leikkaa.

    I don't get it.

14. (transitive, colloquial) to adulterate a substance, especially an illicit drug; to cut
15. (intransitive, nautical) to broach (of a boat, to be turned sideways to oncoming waves, especially large or breaking waves)

    Synonyms: kääntyä poikittain, broutsata

• “leikata”, 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

• kaitale, kalatie, keilata

From Proto-Finnic *lëik'at'ak. Cognates include Finnish leikata and Estonian lõigata.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈlei̯kɑtɑ/,
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈlei̯kɑtɑ/,
• Rhymes: -ei̯kɑt, -ei̯kɑtɑ
• Hyphenation: lei‧ka‧ta

leikata

1. (transitive) to cut
   • 2008, Сойкинский Край‎, number 7, page 9:

     Hää leikkais raanan suuremmaks, laski verda.

     He cut the wound larger, released the blood.

2. (transitive) to chop
3. (transitive) to kill
4. (transitive) to fell (trees)
5. (transitive) to cut out
   • 1937, N. S. Popova, translated by A. Kolesova, Arifmetikan oppikirja alkușkoulua vart (I. osa), Leningrad: Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 9:

     Leikkaa kalendarist mokomain çifra.

     Cut out such a digit out of the calendar.

• (to cut): leikkoa
• (to chop): pilkkoa, (dialectal) hakata
• (to kill): tappaa, mukistaa, surmata, veruttaa

• Fedor Tumansky (1790) “лейкама”, in Опытъ повѣствованїя о дѣянїях, положенїи, состоянїи и раздѣленїи Санкт-Петербургской губернїи [An experiment of an account of the acts, location, condition and division of the Saint Petersburg gubernia], Краткїй словарь ижерскаго, финскаго, эстонскаго, чюдскаго, и ямскаго нарѣчїя съ россїйскимъ переводомъ [A short dictionary of the Ingrian, Finnish, Estonian, Chud and Yamtian dialects with a Russian translation], page 683
• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 259

leikata

1. cut

From Proto-Finnic *lëik'at'ak. Cognates include Finnish leikata and Estonian lõigata.

• IPA^(key): /ˈlʲei̯kɑtɑ/
• Hyphenation: lei‧ka‧ta
• Rhymes: -ei̯kɑtɑ

leikata

1. (transitive) to cut
2. (transitive) to cut (hair)
3. (transitive) to cut out
4. (transitive) to cut through
5. (transitive, medicine) to operate (on)

• N. Gilojeva, S. Rudakova (2009) Karjalan kielen Livvin murdehen algukursu [Beginners' course of Karelian language's Livvi dialect]‎ (in Livvi), Petrozavodsk, →ISBN, page 3
• Tatjana Boiko (2019) Suuri Karjal-Venʹalaine Sanakniigu (livvin murreh) [The Big Karelian-Russian dictionary (Livvi dialect)], 2nd edition, →ISBN, page 141

From Proto-Finnic *lëik'at'ak.

leikata

1. to cut
2. to slice
3. to cut off
4. to trim, to cut shorter
5. to shave
6. to operate, to perform surgery

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

• ümbrileikata

• Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “вырезать, нарезать, оперировать, остричь, отрезать, разрезать, резать, срезать, стричь”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎, Petrozavodsk: Periodika