täyttää
Pronunciation: /ˈtæy̯tːæːˣ/
“täyttää” is a Finnish word. Its 10 meanings in English:
verb
- to fill, fill up, fill in (make full)
- to stuff (fill by crowding into)
- to refill, top up
- to inflate (a balloon, etc.)
- to stuff (taxidermy: preserve a dead animal)
- to fill, pervade (be in every part of)
- to fill (install in a position or office, eliminating a vacancy)
- to fulfill (satisfy, carry out, bring to completion; e.g. of a promise)
- to fulfill (comply with a requirement or criterion)
- to turn (reach a certain age)
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *täüttädäk; equivalent to täysi (“full”) + -tää. * (to turn (a certain age)): Compare Swedish fylla, perhaps a semantic loan.
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