ottaa
Finnish
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *vottadak. Cognates include Estonian võtma.
Pronunciation
Verb
ottaa
- (transitive) to take
- Ota lasi pöydältä.
- Take the glass from the table.
- (transitive, periphrase) to take, ingest or drink (such as medicine, alcohol or drugs)
- Oletko ottanut jotakin?
- Have you been drinking/taking something?
- (transitive) to deprive of, bereave of [with ablative ‘target’ and direct object ‘of’]
- Hallitus otti meiltä kaikki vapaudet.
- The government deprived us of all the liberties.
- (intransitive) to touch, reach down/up to, hang down to, get caught on [with illative]
- Hame ottaa lattiaan.
- The skirt hangs down to the floor.
- (transitive) to take on, assume, take as one's task or responsibility to (do) [with translative or long first infinitive]
- Otin asian hoitaakseni.
- I took on taking care of the matter.
- (informal, auxiliary) Used to suggest that the action is sudden or impulsive; used with another verb and connected with ja (“and”).
- Kone otti ja hajosi.
- The machine (just) broke.
Conjugation
Inflection of ottaa (Kotus type 53*C/muistaa, tt-t gradation) | |||||||||||||||||||||
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indicative mood | |||||||||||||||||||||
present tense | perfect | ||||||||||||||||||||
person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | ||||||||||||||||
1st sing. | otan | en ota | 1st sing. | olen ottanut | en ole ottanut | ||||||||||||||||
2nd sing. | otat | et ota | 2nd sing. | olet ottanut | et ole ottanut | ||||||||||||||||
3rd sing. | ottaa | ei ota | 3rd sing. | on ottanut | ei ole ottanut | ||||||||||||||||
1st plur. | otamme | emme ota | 1st plur. | olemme ottaneet | emme ole ottaneet | ||||||||||||||||
2nd plur. | otatte | ette ota | 2nd plur. | olette ottaneet | ette ole ottaneet | ||||||||||||||||
3rd plur. | ottavat | eivät ota | 3rd plur. | ovat ottaneet | eivät ole ottaneet | ||||||||||||||||
passive | otetaan | ei oteta | passive | on otettu | ei ole otettu | ||||||||||||||||
past tense | pluperfect | ||||||||||||||||||||
person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | ||||||||||||||||
1st sing. | otin | en ottanut | 1st sing. | olin ottanut | en ollut ottanut | ||||||||||||||||
2nd sing. | otit | et ottanut | 2nd sing. | olit ottanut | et ollut ottanut | ||||||||||||||||
3rd sing. | otti | ei ottanut | 3rd sing. | oli ottanut | ei ollut ottanut | ||||||||||||||||
1st plur. | otimme | emme ottaneet | 1st plur. | olimme ottaneet | emme olleet ottaneet | ||||||||||||||||
2nd plur. | otitte | ette ottaneet | 2nd plur. | olitte ottaneet | ette olleet ottaneet | ||||||||||||||||
3rd plur. | ottivat | eivät ottaneet | 3rd plur. | olivat ottaneet | eivät olleet ottaneet | ||||||||||||||||
passive | otettiin | ei otettu | passive | oli otettu | ei ollut otettu | ||||||||||||||||
conditional mood | |||||||||||||||||||||
present | perfect | ||||||||||||||||||||
person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | ||||||||||||||||
1st sing. | ottaisin | en ottaisi | 1st sing. | olisin ottanut | en olisi ottanut | ||||||||||||||||
2nd sing. | ottaisit | et ottaisi | 2nd sing. | olisit ottanut | et olisi ottanut | ||||||||||||||||
3rd sing. | ottaisi | ei ottaisi | 3rd sing. | olisi ottanut | ei olisi ottanut | ||||||||||||||||
1st plur. | ottaisimme | emme ottaisi | 1st plur. | olisimme ottaneet | emme olisi ottaneet | ||||||||||||||||
2nd plur. | ottaisitte | ette ottaisi | 2nd plur. | olisitte ottaneet | ette olisi ottaneet | ||||||||||||||||
3rd plur. | ottaisivat | eivät ottaisi | 3rd plur. | olisivat ottaneet | eivät olisi ottaneet | ||||||||||||||||
passive | otettaisiin | ei otettaisi | passive | olisi otettu | ei olisi otettu | ||||||||||||||||
imperative mood | |||||||||||||||||||||
present | perfect | ||||||||||||||||||||
person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | ||||||||||||||||
1st sing. | — | — | 1st sing. | — | — | ||||||||||||||||
2nd sing. | ota | älä ota | 2nd sing. | — | — | ||||||||||||||||
3rd sing. | ottakoon | älköön ottako | 3rd sing. | olkoon ottanut | älköön olko ottanut | ||||||||||||||||
1st plur. | ottakaamme | älkäämme ottako | 1st plur. | — | — | ||||||||||||||||
2nd plur. | ottakaa | älkää ottako | 2nd plur. | — | — | ||||||||||||||||
3rd plur. | ottakoot | älkööt ottako | 3rd plur. | olkoot ottaneet | älkööt olko ottaneet | ||||||||||||||||
passive | otettakoon | älköön otettako | passive | olkoon otettu | älköön olko otettu | ||||||||||||||||
potential mood | |||||||||||||||||||||
present | perfect | ||||||||||||||||||||
person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | ||||||||||||||||
1st sing. | ottanen | en ottane | 1st sing. | lienen ottanut | en liene ottanut | ||||||||||||||||
2nd sing. | ottanet | et ottane | 2nd sing. | lienet ottanut | et liene ottanut | ||||||||||||||||
3rd sing. | ottanee | ei ottane | 3rd sing. | lienee ottanut | ei liene ottanut | ||||||||||||||||
1st plur. | ottanemme | emme ottane | 1st plur. | lienemme ottaneet | emme liene ottaneet | ||||||||||||||||
2nd plur. | ottanette | ette ottane | 2nd plur. | lienette ottaneet | ette liene ottaneet | ||||||||||||||||
3rd plur. | ottanevat | eivät ottane | 3rd plur. | lienevät ottaneet | eivät liene ottaneet | ||||||||||||||||
passive | otettaneen | ei otettane | passive | lienee otettu | ei liene otettu | ||||||||||||||||
Nominal forms | |||||||||||||||||||||
infinitives | participles | ||||||||||||||||||||
active | passive | active | passive | ||||||||||||||||||
1st | ottaa | present | ottava | otettava | |||||||||||||||||
long 1st1 |
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past | ottanut | otettu | |||||||||||||||||
2nd | inessive2 | ottaessa | otettaessa | agent3 | ottama | ||||||||||||||||
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negative | ottamaton | |||||||||||||||||||
instructive | ottaen | — | 1) Used only with a possessive suffix. 2) Usually with a possessive suffix (active only). | ||||||||||||||||||
3rd | inessive | ottamassa | — | ||||||||||||||||||
elative | ottamasta | — | |||||||||||||||||||
illative | ottamaan | — | |||||||||||||||||||
adessive | ottamalla | — | |||||||||||||||||||
abessive | ottamatta | — | |||||||||||||||||||
instructive | ottaman | otettaman | |||||||||||||||||||
4th4 | verbal noun | ottaminen | |||||||||||||||||||
5th1 |
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Synonyms
Derived terms
- huostaanottaa
- lukuunottamatta
- ottaa aika
- ottaa aivoon
- ottaa annettuna
- ottaa hengiltä
- ottaa käyttöön
- ottaa lukua
- ottaa lusikka kauniiseen käteen (“to swallow one's pride”)
- ottaa opiksi
- ottaa osaa (“(1) to participate in, take part in; (2) to share feelings with, sympathize with”) (+ illative)
- ottaa parempaan käyttöön
- ottaa päähän
- ottaa rennosti
- ottaa riski (“to take a risk”)
- ottaa selvää
- ottaa silmä käteen
- ottaa tukea
- ottaa vastaan (“to receive, meet, accept”)
- ottaa vastuu (“to take something on”, literally “to assume the responsibility of”) (+ elative)
- ottaa voimille
- ottaa yleisönsä (“to work the room”)
- ottipaikka
- pakko-ottaa
- vastaanottaa
Further reading
- “ottaa”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03
Anagrams
Ingrian
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *vottadak. Cognates include Finnish ottaa and Estonian võtta.
Pronunciation
- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈotːɑː/, [ˈo̞tːɑ]
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈotːɑː/, [ˈo̞tːɑː]
- Rhymes: -otːɑː
- Hyphenation: ot‧taa
Verb
ottaa
- (transitive) to take
- 1936, N. A. Iljin and V. I. Junus, Bukvari iƶoroin șkouluja vart, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva:
- Vera ota muila.
- Vera, take the soap.
- 1936, D. I. Efimov, Lukukirja: Inkeroisia alkușkouluja vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 5:
- Pașa otti isän hatun, pani sen päähää i duumajaa, jot nyt hää on suur.
- Paša took his father's hat, put it on his head and thinks, that now he is big.
- (transitive) to take, ingest, drink
- 1936, D. I. Efimov, Lukukirja: Inkeroisia alkușkouluja vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 45:
- Otin miä putelin, join.
- I drank a little from the bottle.
- (transitive) to receive
- (transitive) to accept
- 1936, D. I. Efimov, Lukukirja: Inkeroisia alkușkouluja vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 9:
- Kolja otti sen kutsumuksen.
- Kolja accepted this invitation.
- (ditransitive + translative) to turn
- 1937, V. A. Tetjurev, translated by N. J. Molotsova, Loonnontiito oppikirja alkușkoulua vart (toin osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 24:
- Mut elokkaat evät voi ottaa söökiks sitä toittua, sentää höö voivat ellää kasvoloin peräst.
- But the animals cannot turn these foods into meals, therefore they can live because of the plants.
- (auxiliary + 1st infinitive) to take on (as one's task) to
- 1936, L. G. Terehova, V. G. Erdeli, translated by Mihailov and P. I. Maksimov, Geografia: oppikirja iƶoroin alkușkoulun kolmatta klaassaa vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 5:
- Kaks pioneeria ottiit olla saattajanna.
- Two of the pioneers took on to be [our] escorters.
Conjugation
Conjugation of ottaa (type 2/kirjuttaa, tt-t gradation) | |||||
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Indikativa | |||||
Preesens | Perfekta | ||||
positive | negative | positive | negative | ||
1st singular | otan | en ota | 1st singular | oon ottant, oon ottanut | en oo ottant, en oo ottanut |
2nd singular | otat | et ota | 2nd singular | oot ottant, oot ottanut | et oo ottant, et oo ottanut |
3rd singular | ottaa | ei ota | 3rd singular | ono ottant, ono ottanut | ei oo ottant, ei oo ottanut |
1st plural | otamma | emmä ota | 1st plural | oomma ottaneet | emmä oo ottaneet |
2nd plural | otatta | että ota | 2nd plural | ootta ottaneet | että oo ottaneet |
3rd plural | ottaat1), ottavat2), otetaa | evät ota, ei oteta | 3rd plural | ovat ottaneet | evät oo ottaneet, ei oo otettu |
impersonal | otetaa | ei oteta | impersonal | ono otettu | ei oo otettu |
Imperfekta | Pluskvamperfekta | ||||
positive | negative | positive | negative | ||
1st singular | otin | en ottant, en ottanut | 1st singular | olin ottant, olin ottanut | en olt ottant, en olt ottanut |
2nd singular | otit | et ottant, et ottanut | 2nd singular | olit ottant, olit ottanut | et olt ottant, et olt ottanut |
3rd singular | otti | ei ottant, ei ottanut | 3rd singular | oli ottant, oli ottanut | ei olt ottant, ei olt ottanut |
1st plural | otimma | emmä ottaneet | 1st plural | olimma ottaneet | emmä olleet ottaneet |
2nd plural | otitta | että ottaneet | 2nd plural | olitta ottaneet | että olleet ottaneet |
3rd plural | ottiit1), ottivat2), otettii | evät ottaneet, ei otettu | 3rd plural | olivat ottaneet | evät olleet ottaneet, ei olt otettu |
impersonal | otettii | ei otettu | impersonal | oli otettu | ei olt otettu |
Konditsionala | |||||
Preesens | Perfekta | ||||
positive | negative | positive | negative | ||
1st singular | ottaisin | en ottais | 1st singular | olisin ottant, olisin ottanut | en olis ottant, en olis ottanut |
2nd singular | ottaisit, ottaist1) | et ottais | 2nd singular | olisit ottant, olisit ottanut | et olis ottant, et olis ottanut |
3rd singular | ottais | ei ottais | 3rd singular | olis ottant, olis ottanut | ei olis ottant, ei olis ottanut |
1st plural | ottaisimma | emmä ottais | 1st plural | olisimma ottaneet | emmä olis ottaneet |
2nd plural | ottaisitta | että ottais | 2nd plural | olisitta ottaneet | että olis ottaneet |
3rd plural | ottaisiit1), ottaisivat2), otettais | evät ottais, ei otettais | 3rd plural | olisivat ottaneet | evät olis ottaneet, ei olis otettu |
impersonal | otettais | ei otettais | impersonal | olis otettu | ei olis otettu |
Imperativa | |||||
Preesens | Perfekta | ||||
positive | negative | positive | negative | ||
1st singular | — | — | 1st singular | — | — |
2nd singular | ota | elä ota | 2nd singular | oo ottant, oo ottanut | elä oo ottant, elä oo ottanut |
3rd singular | ottakoo | elköö ottako | 3rd singular | olkoo ottant, olkoo ottanut | elköö olko ottant, elköö olko ottanut |
1st plural | — | — | 1st plural | — | — |
2nd plural | ottakaa | elkää ottako | 2nd plural | olkaa ottaneet | elkää olko ottaneet |
3rd plural | ottakoot | elkööt ottako, elköö otettako | 3rd plural | olkoot ottaneet | elkööt olko ottaneet, elköö olko otettu |
impersonal | otettakkoo | elköö otettako | impersonal | olkoo otettu | elköö olko otettu |
Potentsiala | |||||
Preesens | |||||
positive | negative | ||||
1st singular | ottanen | en ottane | |||
2nd singular | ottanet | et ottane | |||
3rd singular | ottanoo | ei ottane | |||
1st plural | ottanemma | emmä ottane | |||
2nd plural | ottanetta | että ottane | |||
3rd plural | ottanoot | evät ottane, ei otettane | |||
impersonal | otettannoo | ei otettane | |||
Nominal forms | |||||
Infinitivat | Partisipat | ||||
active | passive | ||||
1st | ottaa | present | ottava | otettava | |
2nd | inessive | ottajees | past | ottant, ottanut | otettu |
instructive | ottaen | 1) Chiefly in the Soikkola dialect. 2) Chiefly in the Ala-Laukaa dialect. *) For the imperative, the 2nd plural (ottakaa) may be used for the 3rd person as well. **) The interrogative is formed by adding the suffix -k (-ka?/-kä?) to the indicative ***) The deliberative is formed by adding the suffix -k (-ka?/-kä?) or -kse to either the indicative or the potential ****) In folk poetry, a long first infinitive can be formed by adding the suffix -kse-, followed by possessive suffixes, to the first infinitive. Note that sometimes gemination may be undone by this addition. | |||
3rd | illative | ottamaa | |||
inessive | ottamaas | ||||
elative | ottamast | ||||
abessive | ottamata | ||||
4th | nominative | ottamiin | |||
partitive | ottamista, ottamist |
Derived terms
References
- Fedor Tumansky (1790) “ота”, in Опытъ повѣствованїя о дѣянїях, положенїи, состоянїи и раздѣленїи Санкт-Петербургской губернїи [An experiment of an account of the acts, location, condition and division of the Saint Petersburg gubernia], Краткїй словарь ижерскаго, финскаго, эстонскаго, чюдскаго, и ямскаго нарѣчїя съ россїйскимъ переводомъ [A short dictionary of the Ingrian, Finnish, Estonian, Chud and Yamtian dialects with a Russian translation], page 701
- Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 368
- Olga I. Konkova, Nikita A. Dyachkov (2014) Inkeroin Keel: Пособие по Ижорскому Языку[2], →ISBN, page 74
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