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pystyä.

to be able to, can

6 characters2 syllables approx.Suomi language

Meaning & usage

verb/ˈpystyæˣ/[ˈpys̠tyæ(ʔ)]
  1. to be able to, can

    intransitive
    Pystytkö siihen?
    He eivät pysty kuuntelemaan minua.
  2. to (be able to) cut into, (be able to) sink into, to bite into [with illative] (of an axe, knife, etc.)

    intransitive
  3. to (be able to) affect, (be able to) have an effect on

    intransitive
Where this word comes from

pistää (“to stick, thrust, poke”) + -ua. The sense “to (be able to) cut into, (be able to) sink into” is the original one. The change /i/ to /y/ is due to the influence of the suffixal /y/ and the initial /p/, both labial sounds (the same shift has also occurred in pysyä and pysty).

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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.