mennä

Pronunciation: /ˈmenːæˣ/

“mennä” is a Finnish word. Its 11 meanings in English:

verb

to go [with illative of third infinitive ‘to do’] (move away from a point of reference)
to go, extend
to go, lead (of a path, etc.)
to go, turn out, proceed
to go, enter, get, begin, start [(of direction or state) with illative; or (what something or someone becomes, e.g. adjectives) with translative; or with adverb] (general verb for describing entering some kind of state)
to be spent; take, pass, spend, go (time, resources, etc.) (see usage notes)
to go (and [do]) [with illative of third infinitive] (do an action, implying that someone should be criticized for doing it)
to go, fit
to go (be expressed or composed in a certain way, e.g. of the words in a song)
to do, be good enough
to sell

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *mendäk (compare Estonian minema, Karelian männä), from Proto-Uralic *mene- (compare Northern Sami mannat, Eastern Mari мияш (mijaš), Komi-Zyrian мунны (munny), Northern Mansi минуӈкве (minuňkve), Hungarian megy (men-), Tundra Nenets минзь (myinzʹ°)).

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