kaataa.
to knock/tip/turn over, overturn, upset, knock down
Meaning & usage
to knock/tip/turn over, overturn, upset, knock down
kaataa ylösalaisin
He kaatoivat veneen.
to fell, cut/chop down (a tree), to cut (grass, hay)
Puuta kaadetaan.
to fell, kill (a game animal)
to pour (out); tip, spill (cause a liquid or similar fluid to flow in a stream out of a container by tilting it or turning it over, either intentionally or accidentally)
Voisitko kaataa minulle lisää kahvia?
Kaadoin vesilasin.
to dump, tip (discharge a load from a container by turning it over or towards a direction)
to overthrow, bring down, depose (bring about the downfall of a ruler or a group of rulers)
Kapinalliset kaatoivat hallituksen.
to beat, prevail over
to make fall in love with, charm (a person or people)
to capsize (to cause to overturn)
to crash, cause to crash
to drink (alcohol), booze
Menetkö kaatamaan (viinaa) tänään?
Where this word comes from
From Proto-Finnic *kaatadak. Compare Karelian kuatua. Semantic development * (to knock over, tip over, overturn): From Proto-Finnic. * (to fell, cut down): From “to knock over, tip over”. * (to pour, tip, dump): Already in Proto-Finnic; when pouring something from an upright container, one will slightly 'tip' (i.e. tilt) it over to pne side. * (to overthrow): From “to knock over, tip over” through figurative usage. * (to capsize): From “to knock over, tip over”. * (to make fall in love with, charm): From “to knock over, tip over”, perhaps as a sexual reference (to make someone lie down, i.e. in bed). * ((computing) to crash): Probably via the intransitive kaatua, first in the intransitive sense “to crash”, by analogy with something 'falling over', thus failing. * ((slang) to drink, booze): From “to pour”.
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