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varastaa

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Finnish

Etymology 1

From Proto-Finnic *vargastadak, equivalent to varas (thief) + -taa. Cognate with Estonian varastama, Karelian varastoa, Veps vargastada, Votic vargõssa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʋɑrɑstɑːˣ/, [ˈʋɑ̝rɑ̝s̠tɑ̝ː(ʔ)]
  • Rhymes: -ɑrɑstɑː
  • Syllabification(key): va‧ras‧taa
  • Hyphenation(key): va‧ras‧taa

Verb

varastaa

  1. (transitive) to steal, thieve, purloin [with ablative or elative ‘from’]
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:varastaa
    Joku varasti pyöräni varastosta.
    Somebody stole my bike from the storage.
  2. (sports, intransitive) to make a false start, jump the gun
    Synonym: ottaa varaslähtö
Usage notes

varastaa implies theft or stealing not witnessed by the owner; anastaa can be used to imply theft witnessed by the owner.

Conjugation
More information indicative mood, present tense ...
Derived terms

Further reading

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʋɑrɑstɑː/, [ˈʋɑ̝rɑ̝s̠tɑ̝ː]
  • Rhymes: -ɑrɑstɑː
  • Syllabification(key): va‧ras‧taa
  • Hyphenation(key): va‧ras‧taa

Verb

varastaa

  1. third-person singular present indicative of varastaa

Anagrams

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Ingrian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *vargastadak, equivalent to varas (thief) + -taa. Cognates include Finnish varastaa and Estonian varastada.

Pronunciation

  • (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈʋɑrɑstɑː/, [ˈʋɑrɑˑs̠tɑ]
  • (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈʋɑrɑstɑː/, [ˈʋɑrɑˑʃtɑː]
  • Rhymes: -ɑrɑstɑː
  • Hyphenation: va‧ras‧taa

Verb

varastaa

  1. (transitive) to steal
    Kenlee varasti miun hepoisen!Someone stole my horse!
    • 1885, “Sprachproben: Der goldene Vogel”, in Volmari Porkka, editor, Ueber den Ingrischen Dialekt mit Berücksichtigung der übrigen finnisch-ingermanländischen Dialekte:
      Jokko öö ain käytii varastamas.
      Every night they always used to be stolen.
      (Note: The spelling has been normalised in accordance with the literary Ingrian language.)

Conjugation

More information Conjugation of (type 2/kirjuttaa, st-ss gradation), Indikativa ...

Synonyms

Derived terms

References

  • Fedor Tumansky (1790), “вараста”, 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 689
  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971), Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 641
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