torjua

Finnish

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Definitions
  • to defend successfully, ward off an attack, tackle
  • to turn down, defy, scorn
  • to reject, rebuff for example, a proposal
  • to tackle face or deal with, especially a negative phenomenon
  • (sports) to save to catch or deflect a shot at goal

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Finnic *torjudak.

Origin

Proto-Finnic

*torjudak

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