kajastaa

== Finnish == === Etymology === Proto-Finnic *kaja +‎ -staa, probably from Proto-Uralic *kaja (compare Northern Sami guojihit, Erzya каемс (kajems), Eastern Mari кояш (kojaš), Nganasan [script needed] (kou), Kamassian [script needed] (kuja)). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkɑjɑstɑːˣ/, [ˈkɑ̝jɑ̝s̠tɑ̝ː(ʔ)] Rhymes: -ɑjɑstɑː Syllabification(key): ka‧jas‧taa Hyphenation(key): ka‧jas‧taa === Verb === kajastaa (intransitive) to dawn (to begin to brighten with daylight) (of faint light) to be barely visible, seem to be, be in sight (at a distance) (figuratively/usually of something positive) to be imminent, be near, be in sight ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Synonyms ==== (to dawn): sarastaa, koittaa (to be barely visible): kuultaa, kuumottaa (to be in sight): häämöttää, siintää ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== kajo ==== See also ==== koi === Further reading === “kajastaa”, 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