kehrätä

== Finnish == === Etymology === From Proto-Finnic *kecrät'äk, equivalent to kehrä (“spindle”) +‎ -tä. (to purr): Analogous to the sound of a spinning wheel; compare Swedish spinna. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkehrætæˣ/, [ˈk̟e̞hræt̪æ(ʔ)] Rhymes: -ehrætæ Syllabification(key): keh‧rä‧tä Hyphenation(key): keh‧rä‧tä === Verb === kehrätä (transitive) to spin (to convert fibres into yarn or thread) (intransitive, of cats, etc.) to purr ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “kehrätä”, 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