virittää

== Finnish == === Etymology === From Proto-Finnic *virittädäk, equivalent to vireä (“active, animate”) +‎ -ittää. Related to Karelian viritteä, Votic virittää (Kattila) and possibly Erzya верьгедемс (veŕgedems, “to ignite”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈʋiritːæːˣ/, [ˈʋirit̪ːæː(ʔ)] Rhymes: -iritːæː Syllabification(key): vi‧rit‧tää Hyphenation(key): vi‧rit‧tää === Verb === virittää (transitive) to tune, adjust, tweak (a device, etc.) to tune (modify a musical instrument so that it produces the correct pitches) to tune (adjust a mechanical, electric or electronic device so that it functions optimally) Synonym: säätää to tune (make more precise, intense, or effective) to voice (tune the pipes of an organ) to tune in (adjust the frequency of a receiver to match with that of a specific television or radio station) Synonym: valita (in modern devices the frequency is often adjusted automatically, the user merely "chooses") to set, arm, activate (of a trap or similar, to make ready for action) to cock (lift the cock of a firearm or crossbow, prepare a firearm or crossbow to fire) (informal) to jury-rig (create a makeshift, ad hoc solution from resources at hand) Synonym: säätää to light (start a fire, e.g. in a campfire) Synonym: sytyttää (figurative) to stimulate, excite, evoke virittää keskustelua ― to stimulate debate (figurative) to set (in a mood, tone, etc.) (mathematics) to generate (act as a generator to an algebraic structure) (linear algebra) to span (generate an entire space by means of linear combinations) (physics) to excite (cause to move to a state with higher energy) ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “virittää”, 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 4 July 2023 === Anagrams === riittävä, rivittää == Ingrian == === Etymology === From Proto-Finnic *virittädäk. Cognates include Finnish virittää and Veps viritada. === Pronunciation === (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈʋiritːæː/, [ˈʋiriˑtːæ] (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈʋiritːæː/, [ˈʋiriˑtːæː] Rhymes: -iritːæː Hyphenation: vi‧rit‧tää === Verb === virittää (transitive) to light ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Synonyms ==== syttää, sytyttää ==== Derived terms ==== === References === Ruben E. Nirvi (1971), Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 669