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anastaa.

to take possession (of something) without the owner's permission, seize, grab, steal, purloin, annex, usurp

7 characters3 syllables approx.Suomi language

Meaning & usage

verb/ˈɑnɑstɑːˣ/[ˈɑ̝nɑ̝s̠tɑ̝ː(ʔ)]
  1. to take possession (of something) without the owner's permission, seize, grab, steal, purloin, annex, usurp

    transitive
    Sinun täytyy anastaa maata.
    Sinun täytyy anastaa valta.
Where this word comes from

Related to Karelian anastoa and Veps anastada. According to Aikio, the word represents a borrowing from Proto-Samic *ānēstētēk (compare Inari Sami änistiđ), itself from *(h)ānēs, itself borrowed from Proto-Finnic *ahnas (whence ahnas (“gluttonous, voracious”)).

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