kuunnella

Finnish

pronunciation
Definitions
  • (transitive) to listen (to)
  • to listen in, eavesdrop; often with salaa (secretly), see also salakuunnella (salakuunnella) to listen to a conversation one is not supposed to hear

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Finnic *kundeldak inherited from *kontale-.

Origin

*kontale-

Gloss

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Distribution of cognates by language

Finnish: 21.0%Hungarian: 74.2%Proto-Finnic: 1.6%Proto-Uralic: 1.6%fiu-pro: 1.6%100%Chart created using amCharts library

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Cognates and derived terms