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syntyä — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • arise verb To come into being, appear, or start happening.
  • spawn verb Of fish, frogs, or other aquatic creatures, to lay eggs in water.

Senses

syntyä is used for these senses in English:

  • arise (intransitive) To spring up; to come into action, being, or notice; to become operative, sensible, or visible; to begin to act a part; to present itself.
  • be born To come into existence through birth.
  • come into being (idiomatic) To form; to start to exist.
  • spawn (ergative, video games) To appear, or cause (something or someone) to appear, spontaneously in a game world at a particular place and time.
  • spring to life (idiomatic) To start to exist.

arise — full definition

  1. verb To come into being, appear, or start happening.
  2. verb To get up, especially from sleep or a resting position (somewhat literary).

spawn — full definition

  1. verb Of fish, frogs, or other aquatic creatures, to lay eggs in water.
  2. verb To bring about or give rise to something, often in large numbers.
  3. verb In video games, to appear (or cause a character or object to appear) at a set point in the game world.
  4. noun The eggs of a fish or amphibian.

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