/ˈkertoɑˣ/, [ˈk̟e̞rt̪o̞ɑ̝(ʔ)]
Alkuperäkerta (“time, occasion”) + -oa
* (to tell): Association between telling a story and counting is common across European languages; compare the semantic development of Swedish tala, German erzählen, English recount and Spanish contar.
* (to multiply): First proposed in (anonymous author): Förslag tili Arithmetiska Konstord i Finskan, jemte Anmärkningar rörande dess Rättskrifning. (Mnemosyne, issues 91–93, 1820); the same article also proposed many other mathematical terms.
- transitiveto tell
“kertoa tarina” — to tell a story
“Kertoiko hän sinulle mitään eilisestä?” — Did s/he tell you anything about yesterday?
- transitiveto have it (to understand, believe, let believe)
“Huhu kertoo, että etsit uutta työtä.” — Rumour has it you're looking for a new job.
“Tavallinen viisaus kertoo, että lämpö nousee ylöspäin, mutta itse asiassa se leviää: kuuma ilma nousee.” — Conventional wisdom has it that heat rises, but in fact heat diffuses: hot air rises.
- intransitive, transitiveto be about, tell of
“Mistä tämä näytelmä kertoo?” — What is this play about?
- figuratively, intransitive, transitiveto be a sign of, speak of, indicate
- transitiveto multiply
- raresynonym of kerrata (“to repeat; ply”)
- form-of, partitive, singularpartitive singular of kerto
Muodotkerron(first-person, indicative, present, singular) · en kerro(first-person, indicative, negative, present, singular) · olen kertonut(first-person, indicative, perfect, singular) · en ole kertonut(first-person, indicative, negative, perfect, singular) · kerrot(indicative, present, second-person, singular) · et kerro(indicative, negative, present, second-person, singular) · olet kertonut(indicative, perfect, second-person, singular) · et ole kertonut(indicative, negative, perfect, second-person, singular) · kertoo(indicative, present, singular, third-person) · ei kerro(indicative, negative, present, singular, third-person) · on kertonut(indicative, perfect, singular, third-person) · ei ole kertonut(indicative, negative, perfect, singular, third-person) · kerromme(first-person, indicative, plural, present) · emme kerro(first-person, indicative, negative, plural, present) · olemme kertoneet(first-person, indicative, perfect, plural) · emme ole kertoneet(first-person, indicative, negative, perfect, plural) · kerrotte(indicative, plural, present, second-person) · ette kerro(indicative, negative, plural, present, second-person) · olette kertoneet(indicative, perfect, plural, second-person) · ette ole kertoneet(indicative, negative, perfect, plural, second-person)