murtaa

From Proto-Finnic *murtadak, from Proto-Uralic *mura-.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmurtɑːˣ/,
• Rhymes: -urtɑː
• Hyphenation^(key): mur‧taa

murtaa

1. (transitive) to break (to cause to end up in two or more pieces)

   Aion murtaa naamiosi.

   I am going to break your mask.

2. (transitive, medicine, of a bone) to break, (cause to) crack under physical strain

   Älä yritä murtaa hänen niskaansa.

   Don't try to break his neck.

   Älä murra sormiasi koripallossa.

   Don't break your fingers playing basketball.

3. (transitive, tennis) to break (a pass)
4. (transitive) to fragment (to break apart)
5. (transitive) to break (to cause a person or animal to lose his/her/its will; often with tahto (“will”))

   Norsun tahto on murrettava ennen kuin sitä voi käyttää kantojuhtana.

   You have to break an elephant before you can use it as an animal of burden.

   Amerikka on käyttänyt monia kidutustapoja murtaakseen sotavankinsa.

   America has used many forms of torture to break their POWs.

6. to speak in a dialect

• (to cause to end up in two or more pieces): rikkoa, särkeä
• (to fragment): hajottaa, rikkoa, sirpaloida, särkeä
• (to break one's will): alistaa

• “murtaa”, 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

• maarut, trauma

From Proto-Finnic *murtadak. Cognates include Finnish murtaa and Estonian murda.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈmurtɑː/,
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈmurtɑː/,
• Rhymes: -urtɑː
• Hyphenation: mur‧taa

murtaa

1. (transitive) to break

• rikkoa

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 320