ottaa.
to take
Meaning & usage
to take
Ota lasi pöydältä.
Ota lasi kaapista.
to take, ingest or drink (such as medicine, alcohol or drugs)
Oletko ottanut jotakin?
to deprive of, bereave of
Hallitus otti meiltä kaikki vapaudet.
to touch, reach down/up to, hang down to, get caught on
Hame ottaa lattiaan.
to take on, assume, take as one's task or responsibility to (do)
Otin asian hoitaakseni.
to (not) want to do, to refuse to do (of inanimate things)
arvostelu ei ota loppuakseen
to make a copy or record (of some kind)
ottaa kopio
ottaa kuva
Used to suggest that the action is sudden or impulsive; used with another verb and connected with ja (“and”).
Kone otti ja hajosi.
Where this word comes from
From Proto-Finnic *vottadak (compare Estonian võtma). * (to do something suddenly, impulsively, usually followed by ja (“and”)): Semantic loan from Swedish ta (och) ....
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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.