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Finnish
Etymology
pitää silmäpeliä
Verb
pitää silmäpeliä
- (idiomatic) to give someone the eye, make eyes at (to show flirtatious signs with one's eyes)
Näin hänen pitävän silmäpeliä kanssani heti, kun astuin huoneeseen.- I saw him giving me the eye as soon as I entered the room.
Usage notes
Other verbs that may be used instead of pitää include pelata (“to play”) and olla (“to be”).
Conjugation
See pitää; silmäpeliä is in the partitive case, but is inflected in the genitive in action nouns: see Appendix:Finnish verb phrases.