purkaa
Finnish
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Definitions
- to dismantle, dissemble, take apart, disassemble, deconstruct into pieces
- to disentangle, undo, clear up a mess
- to unravel a knitwear, unstitch a stitch
- to untie a knot, unwind a bandage, dressing, untwist a rope, unwrap package paper, untwine
- to unload remove cargo, load or burden
- to unpack contents of a package, baggage
- to demolish, wreck, tear/pull pull/take down a building
- to strike a set, wings in theatre
- to dissolve, liquidate a company, corporation
- to cancel, annul, revoke a contract, deal; annul a marriage
- to break off an engagement
- (legal) to rescind, reverse a decision
- to defuse a bomb
- to discharge water, lava, battery
- to discharge, release, vent, take out emotions; to unburden, lighten one's heart, let off steam
- (sports) to clear defend by moving the ball away from the defending goal
- (cryptography) to decrypt, decipher a secret message
- (figuratively) to take apart, analyze, examine, review, reflect
- (programming) to destruct an object
- (computing) to extract an archive
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Finnic *purkadak inherited from *purka-.
Origin
*purka-
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- auto Finnish
- autopurkamo Finnish
- purattaa Finnish
- purkaantua Finnish
- purkain Finnish
- purkaja Finnish
- purkaminen Finnish
- purkamistyö Finnish
- purkamo Finnish
- purkauma Finnish
- purkaus Finnish
- purkautua Finnish
- purkautuma Finnish
- purku Finnish
- purkukielto Finnish
- purkulaite Finnish
- purkulupa Finnish
- purkurauta Finnish
- purkusuunnitelma Finnish
- purkutyö Finnish
- purkutyömaa Finnish
- verenpurkauma Finnish
- *purkadak Proto-Finnic
- purku Karelian
- *purka- urj-fpr-pro