Rub

"Rub" in Finnish

hankaus

(act of rubbing)

hangata

(to rub something against (a second thing))

hangata

(to scour; to burnish; to polish; to brighten; to cleanse)

hieroa

(to move one object while maintaining contact with another object over some area)

hieroa

(to spread a substance thinly over; to smear)

hiertää

(to be rubbed against something)

hinkata

(to move one object while maintaining contact with another object over some area)

puunata

(to scour; to burnish; to polish; to brighten; to cleanse)

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.