vääntää

== Finnish == === Etymology === From Proto-Finnic *väntädäk (compare Estonian väänama, Ingrian vääntää, Livonian vändõ, Veps väta). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈʋæːntæːˣ/, [ˈʋæːn̪t̪æː(ʔ)] Rhymes: -æːntæː Syllabification(key): vään‧tää Hyphenation(key): vään‧tää === Verb === vääntää (transitive) to twist, wrench, wring vääntää kättä ― to arm-wrestle vääntää jotakuta jalasta ― to wrench someone's leg vääntää niskat nurin ― to twist/snap (someone's) neck vatsaa vääntää ― [my] stomach is turning (transitive) to pry, prise Synonyms: kammeta, kangeta, vivuta vääntää auki ― to pry open (transitive) to twist, turn (a screw, a knob, etc.) Synonyms: kääntää, kiertää vääntää avainta ― to turn the key (transitive, figuratively) to struggle with, work hard on (transitive, figuratively) to derive a word irregularly, modify a word or name in an irregular way, such as to adapt a loanword from another language (Is there an English equivalent to this definition?) (transitive, figuratively) to turn into (something else) (implying that the changes feel forced) (Is there an English equivalent to this definition?) (transitive, figuratively) to fight, struggle over [with elative] Synonym: vääntää kättä (figuratively) to (intentionally) speak in a dialect viäntää savvoo ― to speak in the Savonian dialect ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “vääntää”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 4 July 2023 == Ingrian == === Etymology === From Proto-Finnic *väntädäk. Cognates include Finnish vääntää and Estonian väänata. === Pronunciation === (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈʋæːntæː/, [ˈʋæːntæ] (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈʋæːntæː/, [ˈʋæːntæː] Rhymes: -æːntæː Hyphenation: vään‧tää === Verb === vääntää (transitive) to turn, twist (intransitive) to turn (in a direction) ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Synonyms ==== (transitive): kääntää, keertää === References === Ruben E. Nirvi (1971), Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 687