sulattaa

Finnish

pronunciation
Definitions
  • to melt to cause something to melt
  • to smelt to produce metal from ore in a process that involves melting and chemical reduction of metal compounds into purified metal
  • to thaw, defrost
  • to digest to separate food in the alimentary canal
  • (by extension) to digest to think over and arrange methodically in the mind
  • (by extension) to put up with, tolerate to suffer through, or allow, especially something annoying

Etymology

Suffix from Finnish sulaa (melt, melting, thaw).

Origin

Finnish

sulaa

Gloss

melt, melting, thaw

Concept
Semantic Field

The physical world

Ontological Category

Action/Process

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