The Finnish word for to cut is
leikata
Translations for to cut and their definitions
| leikkaus | |
| 1. n. cut, cutting (act or result of cutting) | |
| 2. n. (surgery) operation, surgery | |
| 3. n. (surgery) perioperative (relating to the period around and during an operation) | |
| leikkaushoitaja | |
| perioperative nurse | |
| 4. n. (cinematography) editing | |
| 5. n. (set theory) intersection |
| viilto | |
| 1. n. incision, slash, cut, slit, gash (longish, straight, sharp-edged opening resulting from incising, cutting etc.) |
| viiltohaava | |
| 1. n. An incision or an incised wound. |
| lintsata | |
| 1. v. (slang) to skip, cut, bunk, skive, or ditch class (to play truant, not attend class). | |
| 2. v. (slang) to avoid, shirk one's duties. |
| ohari | |
| 1. n. (colloquial) cheating, swindle, spoof, deception (act of not keeping one's promise) | |
| 2. n. (medicine) bypass |
| osuus | |
| 1. n. share, part (of something) | |
| Kuka teille väitti, että minulla olisi mitään osuutta heidän kuolemaansa? | |
| Who told you that I had any part in their death? |
| katkaista | |
| 1. v. | |
| 2. v. to cut, cut off, sever, split, disconnect | |
| 3. v. to interrupt, cut short, break off | |
| 4. v. to break (off) (e.g. a leg) | |
| 5. v. to prune off, trim off, lop off | |
| 6. v. to amputate | |
| 7. v. ~ taival: to do/make a trip | |
| In that sense, used only with that noun. |
| piisi | |
| 1. n. fireplace | |
| 2. n. alternative form of biisi | |
| 3. n. - + the suffix -si | |
| 4. n. genitive singular form of pii + the suffix -si | |
| 5. n. pii + the suffix -si |
| mutkitella | |
| 1. v. (intransitive) To snake. | |
| 2. v. To zigzag |
| päihtynyt | |
| 1. adj. intoxicated, inebriated | |
| 2. n. An intoxicated, inebriated person. | |
| 3. Participle. past active participle of päihtyä |
| leikattu | |
| 1. adj. cut (having been cut). | |
| leikattu konjakki = cut brandy | |
| 2. adj. Depending on usage, other English past participles may apply instead of cut. | |
| leikattu kissa = a fixed cat | |
| leikattu umpisuoli = an operated appendix | |
| 3. v. past passive participle of leikata |
| leikata | |
| 1. v. to cut (to perform an incision on; to divide with a sharp instrument; to separate from prior association; to remove and place in memory for later use; to reduce, especially intentionally; to form or s | |
| 2. v. to incise (to cut in or into with a sharp instrument) | |
| 3. v. to mow (to cut something down, especially grass or crops) | |
| 4. v. to trim (to reduce slightly, especially, to remove excess) | |
| 5. v. (medicine) to operate | |
| 6. v. (film) to edit | |
| 7. v. to fix (to render an animal infertile) | |
| 8. v. to knife (to use a knife to cut) | |
| 9. v. to knife (to cut through as if with a knife) | |
| 10. v. (colloquial) adessive + 3rd-pers. sg: to get it | |
| Minulla ei leikkaa. = I don't get it. |
| versio | |
| 1. n. version |
| loukkaantunut | |
| 1. v. past active participle of loukkaantua |
| nostaa | |
| 1. v. to lift, raise, elevate | |
| 2. v. to hoist (to raise or lift to a desired elevation, e.g. sails or a flag) | |
| 3. v. to push up | |
| 4. v. to draw, withdraw (to extract money from an account) | |
| 5. v. to take out (loan) | |
| 6. v. (nautical) to haul (to sail closer to the wind) | |
| 7. v. to harvest (something grown underground, such as potatoes) |
| etuilla | |
| 1. v. (intransitive) to cut in, jump the queue; also to butt, barge, bud, budge, ditch, break, short or push in the line or queue (to enter a line in the middle instead of the end of it) |
| nosto | |
| 1. n. lift | |
| 2. n. raise | |
| 3. n. cash withdrawal | |
| 4. n. (card games) cut |
| jakaa | |
| 1. v. To share; to distribute | |
| Jaa kakku! (a timeless classic) - Divide the cake! | |
| 2. v. to mete out, dispense | |
| 3. v. to divide | |
| 4. v. to deal | |
| 5. v. To separate |
| kaiverrus | |
| 1. n. engraving |
| kanava | |
| 1. n. canal | |
| 2. n. channel |
| karsittu | |
| 1. v. past passive participle of karsia |
| pala | |
| 1. n. piece, bit | |
| pala palalta = piece by piece, piecemeal | |
| 2. n. lump, chunk | |
| 3. n. block | |
| 4. n. tablet, bar | |
| 5. v. indicative present connegative of palaa | |
| (Minä) en/ (Sinä) et/ Hän ei/ (Me) emme/ (Te) ette/ He eivät pala. | |
| I/You/We/You/They don't / She/He doesn't burn. | |
| 6. v. second-person singular imperative present of palaa | |
| Pala! | |
| Burn! | |
| 7. v. second-person singular imperative present connegative of palaa | |
| Älä pala! | |
| Don't burn! |
| biisi | |
| 1. n. (colloquial) song |
| koukata | |
| 1. v. To catch. | |
| 2. v. To stop by. | |
| 3. v. (ice hockey) To hook (to engage in the illegal maneuver of hooking). | |
| 4. v. (military) To leapfrog (to advance with one unit by engaging the enemy with another unit). |
| hioa | |
| 1. v. To make smoother: grind, whet, hone | |
| 2. v. To make sharper: grind, sharpen | |
| 3. v. To sand | |
| 4. v. To polish, hone, refine (plan, skill, etc.) | |
| Täytyy hioa suunnitelmaa sen verran tarkkaan, että se menee läpi missä vaan. | |
| Gotta polish off the plan good to some extent so that it'll work anywhere. | |
| 5. v. To cut, facet (a gem) |
| kiilata | |
| 1. v. To wedge. | |
| 2. v. To cut in (to a line or queue). |
| viipale | |
| 1. n. piece, slice | |
| Syön viipaleen kakusta. | |
| I eat a piece of cake. |
| raita | |
| 1. n. stripe | |
| 2. n. band | |
| 3. n. track | |
| 4. n. goat willow, Salix caprea | |
| 5. n. (heraldry) bendlet |
| siivu | |
| 1. n. slice |
| haava | |
| 1. n. wound, sore (injury, such as a cut, stab, or tear) | |
| 2. n. ulcer; especially in compound terms, see e.g. mahahaava, , peptic ulcer, (m, fi, makuuhaava, , pressure ulcer) |
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