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perata

Pronunciation: /ˈperɑtɑˣ/

“perata” is a Finnish word. Its 5 meanings in English:

verb

  1. to gut (eviscerate a fish)
  2. to clean, pick (remove useless parts of something, such as cleaning berries or mushrooms etc.)
  3. to weed (remove unwanted plants from farmland, a plant nursery, etc.)
  4. to clean a body of water by removing rocks, vegetation etc. (in case of rivers or creeks, may also include straightening)
  5. to clear (forestland, etc.) into a field, pasture, etc.

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *përgat'ak, possibly borrowed from Proto-Germanic *berganą (“to take care of, to keep”), in which case, a doublet with pärjätä. This has been disputed however.

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