antaa.
to give [with allative ‘to’] (transfer possession of to someone else)
Meaning & usage
to give [with allative ‘to’] (transfer possession of to someone else)
Annoin Liisalle kukat.
to give, allow, afford, grant
Anna minulle mahdollisuus.
to let, allow, permit
Anna hänen mennä.
to have (do) (used as a causative or curative auxiliary verb)
antaa tehdä
to issue (announce a legal statute; deliver by authority)
antaa käsky
Valtioneuvosto antoi asetuksen.
to distribute, hand/pass out
to grant, confer
to give, yield, produce, bring
Huono pelto antaa pienen sadon.
Antaakohan se tänään ahvenia?
to submit, leave, offer (often with a translative to represent action)
antaa myytäväksi
to face, point (towards), give
Ikkuna antaa itään.
to consent to have sex [with allative ‘with’], put out
Where this word comes from
From Proto-Finnic *antadak (compare Estonian andma), from Proto-Uralic *amta- (compare Northern Sami vuovdit (“to sell”), Erzya андомс (andoms, “to feed”), Eastern Mari омдеш (omdeš), Komi-Zyrian удны (udny), Hungarian ad).
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.