heilua

== Finnish == === Etymology === From Proto-Finnic *hëiludak. Cognates include Karelian heiluo, Veps heiluda. Also compare häilyä, Votic häülüä. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈhei̯luɑˣ/, [ˈhe̞i̯luɑ̝(ʔ)] Rhymes: -eiluɑ Syllabification(key): hei‧lu‧a Hyphenation(key): hei‧lua === Verb === heilua (intransitive) to swing, to sway, to rock (to move backward and forward) to be loose to swing (to hang on the gallows) to vacillate (to sway unsteadily from one side to the other) to vacillate (to swing indecisively from one course of action or opinion to another). to oscillate (to swing back and forth, especially with a regular rhythm) to wag (of the tail of a dog, etc.) (colloquial) to wander around, to roam (colloquial) to loiter, to idle ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Synonyms ==== (to move backward and forward): keinua (to hang on the gallows): roikkua (to vacillate): horjua ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “heilua”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023 === Anagrams === liehua