kiertää

== Finnish == === Etymology === From Proto-Finnic *keertädäk, equivalent to kier- (“to roll”) +‎ -tää. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkie̯rtæːˣ/, [ˈk̟ie̞̯rt̪æː(ʔ)] Rhymes: -iertæː Syllabification(key): kier‧tää Hyphenation(key): kier‧tää === Verb === kiertää (transitive) to turn, twist, screw, rotate Synonym: pyörittää (transitive) to roll (up) Synonyms: kääriä, kierittää (transitive) to wind, wrap Synonyms: kääriä, kietoa (transitive) to circle, go around, circumvent, round Synonyms: kulkea ympäri, kaartaa kiertää kaukaa ― to give a wide berth to, keep one's distance from, steer clear of, stay away from (transitive, usually atelic or intransitive) to roam, rove, wander Synonyms: kierrellä, vaeltaa, kuljeskella, kulkea ympäri (transitive, usually atelic) to orbit (e.g. of a satellite) Synonym: kulkea ympäri (transitive) to surround, encircle Synonyms: ympäröidä, saartaa (transitive) to round, turn past (transitive) to circumvent, evade, dodge, avoid Synonyms: vältellä, karttaa kiertää lakia ― to dodge the law kiertää veroja ― to evade taxes (transitive) to circumvent, get around/past Synonym: ohittaa (intransitive) to spin, turn, revolve Synonym: pyöriä (intransitive, of piston) to reciprocate (intransitive, of blood in vessels) to circulate (intransitive) to go around (from person to person) Synonym: kierrellä (intransitive) to make the rounds, do the rounds (to circulate from one place to another) (intransitive) to make the rounds, do the rounds (to go from one place to another for a particular reason) ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “kiertää”, 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 === räikeät