Wave

"Wave" in Finnish

aalto

(moving disturbance, undulation)

aalto

(moving disturbance in a field)

aalto

(shape which alternatingly curves in opposite directions)

aalto

(sudden unusually large amount of something)

aalto

(a group activity in a crowd imitating a wave going through water)

aaltoilu

(a group activity in a crowd imitating a wave going through water)

vilkutus

(sideways movement of the hand)

aaltoilla

(to move back and forth repeatedly)

aaltoilla

(to have an undulating or wavy form)

heiluttaa

(to wave one’s hand)

heiluttaa

(to cause to move back and forth repeatedly)

hulmuta

(to move back and forth repeatedly)

kihartaa

(to produce waves to the hair)

kähertää

(to produce waves to the hair)

liehua

(to move back and forth repeatedly)

vilkuttaa

(to wave one’s hand)

vilkuttaa

(baseball: to swing and miss at a pitch)

vilkuttaa

(to signal with a waving movement)

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