imettä
Imettää is a Finnish verb meaning to nurse or breastfeed a child or an animal. It is a transitive verb, where the recipient of the nursing is the direct object. For example, Äiti imetti vauvan, meaning “the mother nursed the baby.” The term is used primarily for real breastfeeding, but can also refer to nursing animals.
The word is derived from the root imet-, related to the verb imeä, which means to suck.
Grammatical notes: imettää behaves like a standard -ä verb in Finnish. In present tense forms you typically
See also: imetys, imettäminen, imettäjä. The topic is closely tied to breastfeeding practices, early childhood care,
In summary, imettää is the straightforward Finnish term for nursing, used to describe the act of feeding