lyödä

From Proto-Finnic *löödäk, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *lewe-, *lexe- (“to throw”). Cognates include Estonian lööma, Komi-Zyrian лыйны (lyjny, “to throw, to shoot”), Hungarian lő (“to shoot”) and possibly also Erzya ледемс (ľeďems, “to mow, cut; shoot”).^[1]

• IPA^(key): /ˈlyø̯dæˣ/,
• Rhymes: -yødæ
• Hyphenation^(key): lyö‧dä

lyödä

1. (transitive, usually atelic) to hit, strike, knock

   Hän yritti lyödä minua päähän.

   He tried to hit me in the head.

   Kuka löi tämän rikki?

   Who hit and broke this?

2. (transitive, usually atelic) to beat

   Löin rumpuja kovaa.

   I beat the drums hard.

3. (transitive, figuratively) to beat, win
4. (transitive) to hurl, chuck, pitch, heave
5. (intransitive) to hit or strike with force
   1. to crash (of waves)
   2. to flap (of a sail)
   3. to knock (of knees)
   4. to clatter, chatter (of teeth)
   5. to pound, beat (of a heart, rain)
   6. to beat (of the heart or an artery)
   7. to strike (of lightning; of time)
   8. to ring (of a sound)
6. (music, transitive, intransitive) to conduct an orchestra with one's hands

   Synonym: lyödä tahtia

7. (transitive) to mint/coin (money)
8. (transitive, chess) to capture
9. (transitive, card games) to play (a card in games where played cards go on a discard pile, etc.)

When the object is a person or a thing, the partitive case is more commonly used (i.e. the verb is atelic), unless the hit causes some kind of result (such as death, injury or something being broken).

• “lyödä”, 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 2023-07-03

• löydä