antaa

antaa

1. (interrogative) who

From Proto-Finnic *antadak, from Proto-Uralic *ëmta-, cognate with Estonian andma, Northern Sami vuovdit (“to sell”), Komi-Zyrian уд (ud) and Hungarian ad.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑntɑːˣ/, [ˈɑnt̪ɑː(ʔ)]
• Hyphenation: an‧taa
• Rhymes: kantaa, lantaa, pantaa, rantaa, santaa

antaa

1. (transitive) To give; to allow; to present, donate

   Annoin Liisalle kukat.

   I gave Liisa flowers.

2. (transitive + genitive + infinitive) To let, allow, permit.

   Anna hänen mennä.

   Let him go.

3. (transitive) To issue (to announce a legal statute).

   Valtioneuvosto antoi asetuksen.

   The Cabinet issued a decree. (in Finland)

4. (transitive) To distribute, hand/pass out.
5. (transitive) To grant, confer.
6. (colloquial) To consent to have sex (with = allative).

• (to issue): The passive past participle of this verb is also used when the name of an Act of the Finnish Parliament consisting of laki and an elative qualifier needs inflecting. In other words, in the nominative case the act No. 684/2015 is known as laki eräistä asbestipurkutyötä koskevista vaatimuksista 'the Act on Certain Requirements Concerning Asbestos Removal Work'. In the inessive case, the name is pronounced in legislative texts as eräistä asbestipurkutyötä koskevista vaatimuksista annetussa laissa 'in the Act (issued) on Certain Requirements Concerning Asbestos Removal Work'.
• (to consent to have sex): This usage means very often that the person consenting to have sex is the submissive party, not necessarily enjoying the activity that much.

• (to give): suoda
• (to let, allow, permit): sallia, suoda

• (give): ottaa
• (let, allow, permit): kieltää; estää

From Proto-Finnic *antadak.

antaa (first-person singular present annan, first-person singular past annõn)

1. to give

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

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