heilua
Finnish
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Definitions
- to swing, to sway, to rock to move backward and forward
- to be loose
- to swing to hang on the gallows
- to vacillate to sway unsteadily from one side to the other
- to vacillate (to swing indecisively from one course of action or opinion to another).
- to oscillate to swing back and forth, especially with a regular rhythm
- (colloquial) to wander around, to roam
- (colloquial) to loiter, to idle
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Finnic *heiludak.
Origin
Proto-Finnic
*heiludak
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- heilahdella Finnish
- heilahdus Finnish
- heilahduttaa Finnish
- heilahtaa Finnish
- heilahtaminen Finnish
- heilauttaa Finnish
- heilunta Finnish
- heiluri Finnish
- heilurikello Finnish
- heiluriliike Finnish
- heiluriliikenne Finnish
- heiluriovi Finnish
- heilutella Finnish
- heiluttaa Finnish
- heiluttaminen Finnish
- heilutus Finnish
- kellonheiluri Finnish
- *heiludak Proto-Finnic