sammua

Finnish

pronunciation
Definitions
  • (of light) to go out, go off.
  • (of fire) to go out, die die (down), flame out
  • (of a machine, device, etc.) to turn off, shut down, shut off, wind down
  • (of an engine etc.) to stall, shut off
  • (of thirst) to be quenched
  • (of feelings) to die, fade fade/melt away, diminish
  • (colloquial) to crash, conk out to fall asleep
  • (colloquial) to pass out due to heavy consumption of alcohol
  • (of a language) to die, to go extinct

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Finnic *sambudak.

Origin

Proto-Finnic

*sambudak

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