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antaa.

to give [with allative ‘to’] (transfer possession of to someone else)

5 characters2 syllables approx.Suomi language

Meaning & usage

verb/ˈɑntɑːˣ/[ˈɑ̝n̪t̪ɑ̝ː(ʔ)]
  1. to give [with allative ‘to’] (transfer possession of to someone else)

    transitive
    Annoin Liisalle kukat.
  2. to give, allow, afford, grant

    transitive
    Anna minulle mahdollisuus.
  3. to let, allow, permit

    Anna hänen mennä.
  4. to have (do) (used as a causative or curative auxiliary verb)

    antaa tehdä
  5. to issue (announce a legal statute; deliver by authority)

    transitive
    antaa käsky
    Valtioneuvosto antoi asetuksen.
  6. to distribute, hand/pass out

    transitive
  7. to grant, confer

    transitive
  8. to give, yield, produce, bring

    transitive
    Huono pelto antaa pienen sadon.
    Antaakohan se tänään ahvenia?
  9. to submit, leave, offer (often with a translative to represent action)

    transitive
    antaa myytäväksi
  10. to face, point (towards), give

    intransitive
    Ikkuna antaa itään.
  11. to consent to have sex [with allative ‘with’], put out

    colloquial
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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