to choose, select · to elect, choose [with translative ‘as, into the position of’; or with illative of third infinitive ‘to do’] (into a position of power)
çekim: geçmiş valinnut · şimdiki valitsee · ulaç valitseva
köken: From Proto-Finnic *valit'ak (compare Estonian valima, Karelian valita, Veps valita, Võro valima, valitsõma, Votic valittsa), borrowed from Proto-Germanic *waljaną and further derived with + -ita.