keventää

== Finnish == === Etymology 1 === keveä (“light”) +‎ -ntää (factitive verb) ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈkeʋentæːˣ/, [ˈk̟e̞ʋe̞n̪t̪æː(ʔ)] Rhymes: -eʋentæː Syllabification(key): ke‧ven‧tää Hyphenation(key): ke‧ven‧tää ==== Verb ==== keventää (transitive) to lighten (reduce weight) (transitive) to lighten, ease, relieve (make less serious) (transitive, taxation) to cut, reduce (intransitive, equestrianism) to post (rise and sink in the saddle, in accordance with the motion of the horse) (intransitive, euphemistic) to relieve (go to the toilet; to defecate or urinate) ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Derived terms ===== ==== Further reading ==== “keventää”, 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 1 July 2023 === Etymology 2 === ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈkeʋentæː/, [ˈk̟e̞ʋe̞n̪t̪æː] Rhymes: -eʋentæː Syllabification(key): ke‧ven‧tää Hyphenation(key): ke‧ven‧tää ==== Verb ==== keventää third-person singular present indicative of keventää