keventää
Finnish
p
Definitions
- (transitive) to lighten reduce weight
- (transitive) to lighten make less serious
- (transitive) to cut, reduce
- (intransitive) to post rise and sink in the saddle, in accordance with the motion of the horse
- (intransitive) to relieve go to the toilet, to defecate or urinate
Etymology
Suffix from Finnish keveä (light).
Origin
Finnish
keveä
Gloss
light
Concept
Semantic Field
Food and drink
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
光, 明
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- höyhenenkeveä Finnish
- kevennellä Finnish
- kevennys Finnish
- keventyä Finnish
- keventäminen Finnish
- keveys Finnish
- keveä Finnish
- keveäliikkeinen Finnish
- keveästi Finnish
- kevyt Finnish
- loppukevennys Finnish
- veronkevennys Finnish
- *kepjä Proto-Finnic