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️Mon Jul 03 2023

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perä +‎ -äntyä

IPA^(key): /ˈperæːntyæˣ/, [ˈpe̞ræːn̪ˌt̪yæ(ʔ)]
Rhymes: -yæ
Hyphenation^(key): pe‧rään‧tyä

perääntyä (intransitive)

to back off, back away (to move backwards away from something)
(figuratively) to back down, back off (to take a less aggressive stand)
(military) to retreat, withdraw, pull back

“perääntyä”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03