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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.
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varastaa
- (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.
- (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.
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Further reading
- “varastaa”, 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 1 July 2023
Etymology 2
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varastaa
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Ingrian
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *vargastadak, equivalent to varas (“thief”) + -taa. Cognates include Finnish varastaa and Estonian varastada.
Pronunciation
Verb
varastaa
- (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.
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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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