nostaa.
to lift, raise, elevate
Meaning & usage
to lift, raise, elevate
to lift, raise, elevate to hoist (to raise or lift to a desired elevation, e.g. sails or a flag)
to lift up, raise up, pick up (so that something is standing)
nostaa kaatunut tuoli
to pick up (to grasp and raise, e.g. off the ground)
nostaa kivi maasta
to pick up (to grasp and raise, e.g. off the ground) to harvest (something grown underground, such as potatoes)
nostaa perunat
to pick up (to grasp and raise, e.g. off the ground) to draw (take the top card of a deck into hand)
to push up
to raise, increase
nostaa hintoja
nostaa nopeutta
to release, depress (a pedal, button, etc.)
to cause, bring about, raise, elicit
nostaa väki kapinaan
nostaa meteli
to draw, withdraw (to extract money from an account)
nostaa tililtä rahaa
to take out (loan)
to haul (to sail closer to the wind)
to take legal action
nostaa kanne
nostaa syyte
to fade in
Where this word comes from
From Proto-Finnic *nostadak. Equivalent to no(u)s- (“to rise”) + -taa. * (to draw, withdraw, take out): Perhaps by analogy with picking up or lifting money out of a box or chest. * (to take legal action): From the figurative sense “to cause, bring about”.
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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.