puuttua.
to be missing; to be lacking [with elative or ablative ‘from’]; (elative/ablative +) to lack
Meaning & usage
to be missing; to be lacking [with elative or ablative ‘from’]; (elative/ablative +) to lack
Yksi pala puuttuu.
Palapelistä puuttuu yksi pala.
Where this word comes from
From Proto-Finnic *puuttudak. Related to Estonian puuduma, Karelian puutuo, Livonian pūtõ and Votic puutoz (~ puutos). The long -tt- is probably by contamination with that of puuttua (etymology 2).
to intervene (in), get involved (in), interfere (with)
to clamp down on, to put an end to (to take measures to stop something)
Hallitus aikoo puuttua alaikäisten juomiseen.
to touch (physically disturb)
to catch, touch (be impeded by)
Where this word comes from
From Proto-Finnic *puuttudak. Related to Estonian puutuma, Ingrian puuttua, Livonian pūtõ, Karelian puuttuo, Ludian puuttuda, Veps putta and Votic puuttua. Possibly from earlier *puuttadak (unless a back-formation, whence dialectal puuttaa and Karelian puuttoa), in which case it may also be related to Erzya путомс (putoms), albeit this is uncertain due to phonological problems.
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