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The Finnish word for to swallow is
niellä





to swallow

Translations for to swallow and their definitions

niellä
     1. v. To swallow (continuously or more slowly, compare nielaista and nieleskellä).
           Perussuomalaisten Timo Soini ei niele kritiikkiä. - Timo Soini of the Finns Party, does not swallow the critics.


pääsky
     1. n. swallow, martin (bird of the family Hirundinidae)


nielaista
     1. v. to swallow, gulp (at once or fast, compare niellä)
     2. v. to engulf, cover


nielaus
     1. n. A swallow (act of swallowing).


kulaus
     1. n. drink, draught (the amount of liquid in one swallow)


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