valjeta

From Proto-Finnic *valgët'ak. Equivalent to valkea (“light, white”) +‎ -eta.

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋɑljetɑˣ/,
• Rhymes: -ɑljetɑ
• Hyphenation^(key): val‧je‧ta

valjeta

1. (intransitive) to whiten, blanch, bleach (to become lighter or whiter in color)
2. (intransitive) to dawn (with the subject aamu (“morning”), which is translated into the English impersonal subject it)

   Aamu valkenee.

   It is dawning.

3. (intransitive, e.g. of the sky) to light up, brighten

   Taivas valkenee.

   The sky is lighting up.

4. (intransitive, figuratively) to dawn on, become clear, become apparent

   Vihdoin minulle valkeni, miksi niin tapahtui.

   Finally it dawned on me why it happened.

• “valjeta”, 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 2023-07-04