snúa

Icelandic

verb-ri
Definitions
  • (with dative) to turn
  • (with dative) to face
  • (with dative) to translate, to render
  • (with dative) to change somebody's mind, to convert somebody
  • (with dative) to make someone run errands
  • (with accusative) to twine, to twist

Etymology

Inherited from Old Norse snúa (turn, twist) inherited from Proto-Germanic *snōwaną derived from Proto-Indo-European *sneh₁(i)- (plait, braid, twist, wind, turn).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*sneh₁(i)-

Gloss

plait, braid, twist, wind, turn

Concept
Semantic Field

Clothing and grooming

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Kanji

風

Emoji

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