ostaa

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *ostadak (compare Estonian ostma), derived from Proto-Finno-Ugric *wosa (compare Komi-Zyrian вуз (vuz, “tax”)) with -taa; in turn, the root might possibly be borrowed from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wasaH.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈostɑːˣ/, [ˈo̞s̠tɑ̝ː(ʔ)]
• Rhymes: -ostɑː
• Syllabification^(key): os‧taa
• Hyphenation^(key): os‧taa

Verb

ostaa (transitive) [with ablative ‘from (the person or entity something is bought from)’ or elative ‘from (a place)’, along with adessive ‘for (a price)’]

1. to buy, purchase

   Mitä pitikään ostaa kaupasta?

   What did I have to buy from the store again?

2. (colloquial) to buy, believe, accept (a story, etc.)

Conjugation

Inflection of ostaa (Kotus type 53/muistaa, no gradation)
indicative mood
present tense				perfect
person		positive	negative	person	positive	negative
1st sing.		ostan	en osta	1st sing.	olen ostanut	en ole ostanut
2nd sing.		ostat	et osta	2nd sing.	olet ostanut	et ole ostanut
3rd sing.		ostaa	ei osta	3rd sing.	on ostanut	ei ole ostanut
1st plur.		ostamme	emme osta	1st plur.	olemme ostaneet	emme ole ostaneet
2nd plur.		ostatte	ette osta	2nd plur.	olette ostaneet	ette ole ostaneet
3rd plur.		ostavat	eivät osta	3rd plur.	ovat ostaneet	eivät ole ostaneet
passive		ostetaan	ei osteta	passive	on ostettu	ei ole ostettu
past tense				pluperfect
person		positive	negative	person	positive	negative
1st sing.		ostin	en ostanut	1st sing.	olin ostanut	en ollut ostanut
2nd sing.		ostit	et ostanut	2nd sing.	olit ostanut	et ollut ostanut
3rd sing.		osti	ei ostanut	3rd sing.	oli ostanut	ei ollut ostanut
1st plur.		ostimme	emme ostaneet	1st plur.	olimme ostaneet	emme olleet ostaneet
2nd plur.		ostitte	ette ostaneet	2nd plur.	olitte ostaneet	ette olleet ostaneet
3rd plur.		ostivat	eivät ostaneet	3rd plur.	olivat ostaneet	eivät olleet ostaneet
passive		ostettiin	ei ostettu	passive	oli ostettu	ei ollut ostettu
conditional mood
present				perfect
person		positive	negative	person	positive	negative
1st sing.		ostaisin	en ostaisi	1st sing.	olisin ostanut	en olisi ostanut
2nd sing.		ostaisit	et ostaisi	2nd sing.	olisit ostanut	et olisi ostanut
3rd sing.		ostaisi	ei ostaisi	3rd sing.	olisi ostanut	ei olisi ostanut
1st plur.		ostaisimme	emme ostaisi	1st plur.	olisimme ostaneet	emme olisi ostaneet
2nd plur.		ostaisitte	ette ostaisi	2nd plur.	olisitte ostaneet	ette olisi ostaneet
3rd plur.		ostaisivat	eivät ostaisi	3rd plur.	olisivat ostaneet	eivät olisi ostaneet
passive		ostettaisiin	ei ostettaisi	passive	olisi ostettu	ei olisi ostettu
imperative mood
present				perfect
person		positive	negative	person	positive	negative
1st sing.		—	—	1st sing.	—	—
2nd sing.		osta	älä osta	2nd sing.	—	—
3rd sing.		ostakoon	älköön ostako	3rd sing.	olkoon ostanut	älköön olko ostanut
1st plur.		ostakaamme	älkäämme ostako	1st plur.	—	—
2nd plur.		ostakaa	älkää ostako	2nd plur.	—	—
3rd plur.		ostakoot	älkööt ostako	3rd plur.	olkoot ostaneet	älkööt olko ostaneet
passive		ostettakoon	älköön ostettako	passive	olkoon ostettu	älköön olko ostettu
potential mood
present				perfect
person		positive	negative	person	positive	negative
1st sing.		ostanen	en ostane	1st sing.	lienen ostanut	en liene ostanut
2nd sing.		ostanet	et ostane	2nd sing.	lienet ostanut	et liene ostanut
3rd sing.		ostanee	ei ostane	3rd sing.	lienee ostanut	ei liene ostanut
1st plur.		ostanemme	emme ostane	1st plur.	lienemme ostaneet	emme liene ostaneet
2nd plur.		ostanette	ette ostane	2nd plur.	lienette ostaneet	ette liene ostaneet
3rd plur.		ostanevat	eivät ostane	3rd plur.	lienevät ostaneet	eivät liene ostaneet
passive		ostettaneen	ei ostettane	passive	lienee ostettu	ei liene ostettu
Nominal forms
infinitives				participles
		active	passive		active	passive
1st		ostaa		present	ostava	ostettava
long 1st1		Possessive forms Person sing. plur. 1st ostaakseni ostaaksemme 2nd ostaaksesi ostaaksenne 3rd ostaakseen ostaaksensa		past	ostanut	ostettu
2nd	inessive2	ostaessa	ostettaessa	agent4	ostama
		Possessive forms Person sing. plur. 1st ostaessani ostaessamme 2nd ostaessasi ostaessanne 3rd ostaessaan ostaessansa		negative	ostamaton
	instructive	ostaen	—	1) Used only with a possessive suffix. 2) Usually with a possessive suffix (active only). 3) Some uses of the verbal noun are called the 'fourth infinitive' by certain sources (more details). 4) Usually with a possessive suffix. May not be used with all verbs, especially intransitive ones (more details). Distinct from nouns with the -ma suffix and third infinitive forms. * The third-person singular indicative form ostaa does not exhibit final gemination, unlike the first infinitive (the lemma form), even though they are spelled identically.
3rd	inessive	ostamassa	—
	elative	ostamasta	—
	illative	ostamaan	—
	adessive	ostamalla	—
	abessive	ostamatta	—
	instructive	ostaman	ostettaman
4th3	verbal noun	ostaminen
5th1		Possessive forms Person sing. plur. 1st ostamaisillani ostamaisillamme 2nd ostamaisillasi ostamaisillanne 3rd ostamaisillaan ostamaisillansa

Derived terms

nouns

• ostaja
• ostaminen
• osto
• ostos

verbs

• ostattaa
• ostella

Further reading

• “ostaa”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023

Anagrams

• Aatos, aatos, oasta, osaat, osata, otsaa, saota, satoa, sotaa, tasoa

Ingrian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *ostadak. Cognates include Finnish ostaa and Estonian osta.

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈostɑː/, [ˈo̞s̠tɑ]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈostɑː/, [ˈo̞ʃtɑː]
• Rhymes: -ostɑː
• Hyphenation: os‧taa

Verb

ostaa

1. (transitive) to buy
   • 1936, N. A. Iljin and V. I. Junus, Bukvari iƶoroin șkouluja vart, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 27:

     Sani osti verkon.

     Sani bought a fishing net.

Conjugation

Conjugation of ostaa (type 2/kirjuttaa, st-ss gradation)
Indikativa
Preesens			Perfekta
	positive	negative		positive	negative
1st singular	ossan	en ossa	1st singular	oon ostant, oon ostanut	en oo ostant, en oo ostanut
2nd singular	ossat	et ossa	2nd singular	oot ostant, oot ostanut	et oo ostant, et oo ostanut
3rd singular	ostaa	ei ossa	3rd singular	ono ostant, ono ostanut	ei oo ostant, ei oo ostanut
1st plural	ossamma	emmä ossa	1st plural	oomma ostaneet	emmä oo ostaneet
2nd plural	ossatta	että ossa	2nd plural	ootta ostaneet	että oo ostaneet
3rd plural	ostaat1), ostavat2), ossetaa	evät ossa, ei osseta	3rd plural	ovat ostaneet	evät oo ostaneet, ei oo ossettu
impersonal	ossetaa	ei osseta	impersonal	ono ossettu	ei oo ossettu
Imperfekta			Pluskvamperfekta
	positive	negative		positive	negative
1st singular	ossin	en ostant, en ostanut	1st singular	olin ostant, olin ostanut	en olt ostant, en olt ostanut
2nd singular	ossit	et ostant, et ostanut	2nd singular	olit ostant, olit ostanut	et olt ostant, et olt ostanut
3rd singular	osti	ei ostant, ei ostanut	3rd singular	oli ostant, oli ostanut	ei olt ostant, ei olt ostanut
1st plural	ossimma	emmä ostaneet	1st plural	olimma ostaneet	emmä olleet ostaneet
2nd plural	ossitta	että ostaneet	2nd plural	olitta ostaneet	että olleet ostaneet
3rd plural	ostiit1), ostivat2), ossettii	evät ostaneet, ei ossettu	3rd plural	olivat ostaneet	evät olleet ostaneet, ei olt ossettu
impersonal	ossettii	ei ossettu	impersonal	oli ossettu	ei olt ossettu
Konditsionala
Preesens			Perfekta
	positive	negative		positive	negative
1st singular	ostaisin	en ostais	1st singular	olisin ostant, olisin ostanut	en olis ostant, en olis ostanut
2nd singular	ostaisit, ostaist1)	et ostais	2nd singular	olisit ostant, olisit ostanut	et olis ostant, et olis ostanut
3rd singular	ostais	ei ostais	3rd singular	olis ostant, olis ostanut	ei olis ostant, ei olis ostanut
1st plural	ostaisimma	emmä ostais	1st plural	olisimma ostaneet	emmä olis ostaneet
2nd plural	ostaisitta	että ostais	2nd plural	olisitta ostaneet	että olis ostaneet
3rd plural	ostaisiit1), ostaisivat2), ossettais	evät ostais, ei ossettais	3rd plural	olisivat ostaneet	evät olis ostaneet, ei olis ossettu
impersonal	ossettais	ei ossettais	impersonal	olis ossettu	ei olis ossettu
Imperativa
Preesens			Perfekta
	positive	negative		positive	negative
1st singular	—	—	1st singular	—	—
2nd singular	ossa	elä ossa	2nd singular	oo ostant, oo ostanut	elä oo ostant, elä oo ostanut
3rd singular	ostakoo	elköö ostako	3rd singular	olkoo ostant, olkoo ostanut	elköö olko ostant, elköö olko ostanut
1st plural	—	—	1st plural	—	—
2nd plural	ostakaa	elkää ostako	2nd plural	olkaa ostaneet	elkää olko ostaneet
3rd plural	ostakoot	elkööt ostako, elköö ossettako	3rd plural	olkoot ostaneet	elkööt olko ostaneet, elköö olko ossettu
impersonal	ossettakkoo	elköö ossettako	impersonal	olkoo ossettu	elköö olko ossettu
Potentsiala
Preesens
	positive	negative
1st singular	ostanen	en ostane
2nd singular	ostanet	et ostane
3rd singular	ostanoo	ei ostane
1st plural	ostanemma	emmä ostane
2nd plural	ostanetta	että ostane
3rd plural	ostanoot	evät ostane, ei ossettane
impersonal	ossettannoo	ei ossettane
Nominal forms
Infinitivat			Partisipat
				active	passive
1st		ostaa	present	ostava	ossettava
2nd	inessive	ostajees	past	ostant, ostanut	ossettu
	instructive	ostaen	1) Chiefly in the Soikkola dialect. 2) Chiefly in the Ala-Laukaa dialect. *) For the imperative, the 2nd plural (ostakaa) 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	ostamaa
	inessive	ostamaas
	elative	ostamast
	abessive	ostamata
4th	nominative	ostamiin
	partitive	ostamista, ostamist

Synonyms

• lunastaa, lunata, hankkia

Derived terms

• ostaja
• osto

References

• Fedor Tumansky (1790), “оста”, 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 687
• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971), Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 366

Anagrams

• osata