# leikata
## Finnish
### Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *lëik'at'ak, possibly borrowed from Proto-Germanic *blaikijaną (see the Proto-Finnic entry for more details). Cognates include Estonian lõikama (“to cut”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈlei̯kɑtɑˣ/, [ˈle̞i̯kɑ̝t̪ɑ̝(ʔ)]
* Rhymes: -eikɑtɑ
* Hyphenation: lei‧ka‧ta

### Verb

leikata
* (transitive) to cut (to divide with a sharp instrument)
    leikata viipaleiksi ― to cut into slices
** (transitive) to knife (to use a knife to cut, or cut through as if with a knife)
* (transitive) to cut (to form or shape by cutting)
* (transitive) to cut, incise (to cut in or into with a sharp instrument)
    Synonym: viiltää
* (figurative, transitive) to cut (to reduce, especially intentionally)
    Synonym: vähentää
* (transitive) to mow (to cut something down, especially grass or crops)
* (transitive) to trim (to reduce slightly, especially, to remove excess)
    Synonym: trimmata
* (transitive, medicine) to operate (perform some manual act upon a human body in a methodical manner)
    Synonym: operoida
* (transitive, colloquial) to sterilize an animal, especially a pet; to fix, spay, neuter
    Synonyms: kuohia, kuohita
* (transitive, film) to (assemble a film by cutting and splicing raw footage)
* (transitive, computing) to cut (to remove and place in memory for later use)
* (transitive) to intersect (cut into or between; to cut or cross mutually; to divide into parts)
    Synonym: ristetä
* (transitive, ice hockey) to clip (perform an illegal check or tackle)
* (colloquial, impersonal + adessive) to get it
    Synonyms: käsittää, tajuta
    Minulla ei leikkaa.I don't get it.
* (transitive, colloquial) to adulterate a substance, especially an illicit drug; to cut
* (intransitive, nautical) to broach (of a boat, to be turned sideways to oncoming waves, especially large or breaking waves)
    Synonyms: kääntyä poikittain, broutsata

#### Derived terms

* leike
* leikellä
* leikkaaja
* leikkaaminen
* leikkaamo
* leikkaantua
* leikkain
* leikkaus
* leikkauttaa
* leikkautua
* leikko
* leikkuri
* leikkuu
* leikkopapu
* polttoleikata
* ympärileikata

### Further reading

* “leikata”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

### Anagrams

* kaitale, kalatie, keilata

## Ingrian
### Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *lëik'at'ak. Cognates include Finnish leikata and Estonian lõigata.

### Pronunciation

* (Ala-Laukaa) IPA: /ˈlei̯kɑtɑ/, [ˈlʲe̞i̯kət]
* (Soikkola) IPA: /ˈlei̯kɑtɑ/, [ˈle̞i̯ɡ̊ɑd̥ɑ]
* (Hevaha) IPA: /ˈlei̯kɑtɑk/, [ˈle̞i̯ɡ̊ɑd̥ɑɡ̊]
* Rhymes: -ei̯kɑt, -ei̯kɑtɑ
* Hyphenation: lei‧ka‧ta

### Verb

leikata
* (transitive) to cut
** 2008, Сойкинский Край‎, number 7, page 9:Hää leikkais raanan suuremmaks, laski verda.He cut the wound larger, released the blood.
* (transitive) to chop
* (transitive) to kill
* (transitive) to fell (trees)
* (transitive) to cut out
** 1937, N. S. Popova, translated by A. Kolesova, Arifmetikan oppikirja alkușkoulua vart (I. osa), Leningrad: Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 9:Leikkaa kalendarist mokomain çifra.Cut out such a digit out of the calendar.

#### Synonyms

* (to cut): leikkoa
* (to chop): pilkkoa, (dialectal) hakata
* (to kill): tappaa, mukistaa, surmata, veruttaa

#### Derived terms

* leikellä
* leikkahus
* leikkoa

### References

* Fedor Tumansky (1790) “лейкама”, in Опытъ повѣствованїя о дѣянїях, положенїи, состоянїи и раздѣленїи Санкт-Петербургской губернїи [An experiment of an account of the acts, location, condition and division of the Saint Petersburg gubernia], Краткїй словарь ижерскаго, финскаго, эстонскаго, чюдскаго, и ямскаго нарѣчїя съ россїйскимъ переводомъ [A short dictionary of the Ingrian, Finnish, Estonian, Chud and Yamtian dialects with a Russian translation], page 683
* Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 259

## Karelian
### Verb

leikata
* cut

## Livvi
### Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *lëik'at'ak. Cognates include Finnish leikata and Estonian lõigata.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈlʲei̯kɑtɑ/
* Hyphenation: lei‧ka‧ta
* Rhymes: -ei̯kɑtɑ

### Verb

leikata
* (transitive) to cut
* (transitive) to cut (hair)
* (transitive) to cut out
* (transitive) to cut through
* (transitive, medicine) to operate (on)

### References

* N. Gilojeva, S. Rudakova (2009) Karjalan kielen Livvin murdehen algukursu [Beginners' course of Karelian language's Livvi dialect]‎ (in Livvi), Petrozavodsk, →ISBN, page 3
* Tatjana Boiko (2019) Suuri Karjal-Venʹalaine Sanakniigu (livvin murreh) [The Big Karelian-Russian dictionary (Livvi dialect)], 2nd edition, →ISBN, page 141

## Veps
### Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *lëik'at'ak.

### Verb

leikata
* to cut
* to slice
* to cut off
* to trim, to cut shorter
* to shave
* to operate, to perform surgery

#### Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

#### Derived terms

* ümbrileikata

### References

* Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “вырезать, нарезать, оперировать, остричь, отрезать, разрезать, резать, срезать, стричь”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎, Petrozavodsk: Periodika