kertoja

• IPA^(key): /ˈkertojɑ/, [ˈk̟e̞rt̪o̞jɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ertojɑ
• Hyphenation^(key): ker‧to‧ja

kertoa (“to tell, to multiply”) +‎ -ja. In the arithmetic sense "multiplier", coined by Finnish pastor, teacher and author Johan Fredrik Wallin for Luvunlasku- eli räkninki-kirja (1835).

kertoja

1. narrator
2. storyteller
3. (arithmetic) multiplier (a number by which the multiplicand is to be multiplied)

• “kertoja”, 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 2023-07-01

kertoja

1. partitive plural of kerta

• korjeta