nostaa

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *nostadak. Equivalent to nos- (“to rise”) +‎ -taa, with simplification from *noustaa (regular if the word is old enough).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈnostɑːˣ/, [ˈno̞s̠tɑ̝ː(ʔ)]
Rhymes: -ostɑː
Hyphenation^(key): nos‧taa

Verb

nostaa (transitive)

to lift, raise, elevate
Synonym: kohottaa
to hoist (to raise or lift to a desired elevation, e.g. sails or a flag)
to push up
to draw, withdraw (to extract money from an account)
to take out (loan)
(nautical) to haul (to sail closer to the wind)
Synonyms: luffata, luuvata
to harvest (something grown underground, such as potatoes)
to fade in
(law) to take legal action
nostaa kanne ― to bring proceedings, bring an action, sue

nostaa syyte ― to prosecute (start criminal proceedings against)
to release, depress (a pedal, button, etc.)
(card games) to draw (take the top card of a deck into hand)

Conjugation

Inflection of nostaa (Kotus type 53/muistaa, no gradation)

indicative mood

present tense

perfect

person

positive

negative

person

positive

negative

1st sing.

nostan

en nosta

1st sing.

olen nostanut

en ole nostanut

2nd sing.

nostat

et nosta

2nd sing.

olet nostanut

et ole nostanut

3rd sing.

nostaa

ei nosta

3rd sing.

on nostanut

ei ole nostanut

1st plur.

nostamme

emme nosta

1st plur.

olemme nostaneet

emme ole nostaneet

2nd plur.

nostatte

ette nosta

2nd plur.

olette nostaneet

ette ole nostaneet

3rd plur.

nostavat

eivät nosta

3rd plur.

ovat nostaneet

eivät ole nostaneet

passive

nostetaan

ei nosteta

passive

on nostettu

ei ole nostettu

past tense

pluperfect

person

positive

negative

person

positive

negative

1st sing.

nostin

en nostanut

1st sing.

olin nostanut

en ollut nostanut

2nd sing.

nostit

et nostanut

2nd sing.

olit nostanut

et ollut nostanut

3rd sing.

nosti

ei nostanut

3rd sing.

oli nostanut

ei ollut nostanut

1st plur.

nostimme

emme nostaneet

1st plur.

olimme nostaneet

emme olleet nostaneet

2nd plur.

nostitte

ette nostaneet

2nd plur.

olitte nostaneet

ette olleet nostaneet

3rd plur.

nostivat

eivät nostaneet

3rd plur.

olivat nostaneet

eivät olleet nostaneet

passive

nostettiin

ei nostettu

passive

oli nostettu

ei ollut nostettu

conditional mood

present

perfect

person

positive

negative

person

positive

negative

1st sing.

nostaisin

en nostaisi

1st sing.

olisin nostanut

en olisi nostanut

2nd sing.

nostaisit

et nostaisi

2nd sing.

olisit nostanut

et olisi nostanut

3rd sing.

nostaisi

ei nostaisi

3rd sing.

olisi nostanut

ei olisi nostanut

1st plur.

nostaisimme

emme nostaisi

1st plur.

olisimme nostaneet

emme olisi nostaneet

2nd plur.

nostaisitte

ette nostaisi

2nd plur.

olisitte nostaneet

ette olisi nostaneet

3rd plur.

nostaisivat

eivät nostaisi

3rd plur.

olisivat nostaneet

eivät olisi nostaneet

passive

nostettaisiin

ei nostettaisi

passive

olisi nostettu

ei olisi nostettu

imperative mood

present

perfect

person

positive

negative

person

positive

negative

1st sing.

—

1st sing.

—

2nd sing.

nosta

älä nosta

2nd sing.

—

3rd sing.

nostakoon

älköön nostako

3rd sing.

olkoon nostanut

älköön olko nostanut

1st plur.

nostakaamme

älkäämme nostako

1st plur.

—

2nd plur.

nostakaa

älkää nostako

2nd plur.

—

3rd plur.

nostakoot

älkööt nostako

3rd plur.

olkoot nostaneet

älkööt olko nostaneet

passive

nostettakoon

älköön nostettako

passive

olkoon nostettu

älköön olko nostettu

potential mood

present

perfect

person

positive

negative

person

positive

negative

1st sing.

nostanen

en nostane

1st sing.

lienen nostanut

en liene nostanut

2nd sing.

nostanet

et nostane

2nd sing.

lienet nostanut

et liene nostanut

3rd sing.

nostanee

ei nostane

3rd sing.

lienee nostanut

ei liene nostanut

1st plur.

nostanemme

emme nostane

1st plur.

lienemme nostaneet

emme liene nostaneet

2nd plur.

nostanette

ette nostane

2nd plur.

lienette nostaneet

ette liene nostaneet

3rd plur.

nostanevat

eivät nostane

3rd plur.

lienevät nostaneet

eivät liene nostaneet

passive

nostettaneen

ei nostettane

passive

lienee nostettu

ei liene nostettu

Nominal forms

infinitives

participles

active

passive

active

passive

1st

nostaa

present

nostava

nostettava

long 1st¹

Possessive forms
Person	sing.	plur.
1st	nostaakseni	nostaaksemme
2nd	nostaaksesi	nostaaksenne
3rd	nostaakseen nostaaksensa

past

nostanut

nostettu

2nd

inessive²

nostaessa

nostettaessa

agent⁴

nostama

Possessive forms
Person	sing.	plur.
1st	nostaessani	nostaessamme
2nd	nostaessasi	nostaessanne
3rd	nostaessaan nostaessansa

negative

nostamaton

instructive

nostaen

—

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 nostaa does not exhibit final gemination,
unlike the first infinitive (the lemma form), even though they are spelled identically.

3rd

inessive

nostamassa

—

elative

nostamasta

—

illative

nostamaan

—

adessive

nostamalla

—

abessive

nostamatta

—

instructive

nostaman

nostettaman

4th³

verbal noun

nostaminen

5th¹

Possessive forms
Person	sing.	plur.
1st	nostamaisillani	nostamaisillamme
2nd	nostamaisillasi	nostamaisillanne
3rd	nostamaisillaan nostamaisillansa

Antonyms

laskea

Derived terms

Related terms

nousta (intransitive)

Anagrams

otsaan, otsana, saanto, sanota, satona, sotaan, sotana, tasona

Ingrian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *nostadak. Cognates include Finnish nostaa and Karelian nostua.

Pronunciation

(Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈnostɑː/, [ˈno̞s̠tɑ]
(Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈnostɑː/, [ˈno̞ʃtɑː]
Rhymes: -ostɑː
Hyphenation: nos‧taa

Verb

nostaa

(transitive) to lift, raise
- 1936, N. A. Iljin and V. I. Junus, Bukvari iƶoroin șkouluja vart, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 51:
  Flakut yllää nostakaa!
  Raise up [your] flags!
(transitive) to wake up; make get up

Conjugation

Conjugation of nostaa (type 2/kirjuttaa, st-ss gradation)
Indikativa
Preesens			Perfekta
	positive	negative		positive	negative
1st singular	nossan	en nossa	1st singular	oon nostant, oon nostanut	en oo nostant, en oo nostanut
2nd singular	nossat	et nossa	2nd singular	oot nostant, oot nostanut	et oo nostant, et oo nostanut
3rd singular	nostaa	ei nossa	3rd singular	ono nostant, ono nostanut	ei oo nostant, ei oo nostanut
1st plural	nossamma	emmä nossa	1st plural	oomma nostaneet	emmä oo nostaneet
2nd plural	nossatta	että nossa	2nd plural	ootta nostaneet	että oo nostaneet
3rd plural	nostaat¹⁾, nostavat²⁾, nossetaa	evät nossa, ei nosseta	3rd plural	ovat nostaneet	evät oo nostaneet, ei oo nossettu
impersonal	nossetaa	ei nosseta	impersonal	ono nossettu	ei oo nossettu
Imperfekta			Pluskvamperfekta
	positive	negative		positive	negative
1st singular	nossin	en nostant, en nostanut	1st singular	olin nostant, olin nostanut	en olt nostant, en olt nostanut
2nd singular	nossit	et nostant, et nostanut	2nd singular	olit nostant, olit nostanut	et olt nostant, et olt nostanut
3rd singular	nosti	ei nostant, ei nostanut	3rd singular	oli nostant, oli nostanut	ei olt nostant, ei olt nostanut
1st plural	nossimma	emmä nostaneet	1st plural	olimma nostaneet	emmä olleet nostaneet
2nd plural	nossitta	että nostaneet	2nd plural	olitta nostaneet	että olleet nostaneet
3rd plural	nostiit¹⁾, nostivat²⁾, nossettii	evät nostaneet, ei nossettu	3rd plural	olivat nostaneet	evät olleet nostaneet, ei olt nossettu
impersonal	nossettii	ei nossettu	impersonal	oli nossettu	ei olt nossettu
Konditsionala
Preesens			Perfekta
	positive	negative		positive	negative
1st singular	nostaisin	en nostais	1st singular	olisin nostant, olisin nostanut	en olis nostant, en olis nostanut
2nd singular	nostaisit, nostaist¹⁾	et nostais	2nd singular	olisit nostant, olisit nostanut	et olis nostant, et olis nostanut
3rd singular	nostais	ei nostais	3rd singular	olis nostant, olis nostanut	ei olis nostant, ei olis nostanut
1st plural	nostaisimma	emmä nostais	1st plural	olisimma nostaneet	emmä olis nostaneet
2nd plural	nostaisitta	että nostais	2nd plural	olisitta nostaneet	että olis nostaneet
3rd plural	nostaisiit¹⁾, nostaisivat²⁾, nossettais	evät nostais, ei nossettais	3rd plural	olisivat nostaneet	evät olis nostaneet, ei olis nossettu
impersonal	nossettais	ei nossettais	impersonal	olis nossettu	ei olis nossettu
Imperativa
Preesens			Perfekta
	positive	negative		positive	negative
1st singular	—	—	1st singular	—	—
2nd singular	nossa	elä nossa	2nd singular	oo nostant, oo nostanut	elä oo nostant, elä oo nostanut
3rd singular	nostakoo	elköö nostako	3rd singular	olkoo nostant, olkoo nostanut	elköö olko nostant, elköö olko nostanut
1st plural	—	—	1st plural	—	—
2nd plural	nostakaa	elkää nostako	2nd plural	olkaa nostaneet	elkää olko nostaneet
3rd plural	nostakoot	elkööt nostako, elköö nossettako	3rd plural	olkoot nostaneet	elkööt olko nostaneet, elköö olko nossettu
impersonal	nossettakkoo	elköö nossettako	impersonal	olkoo nossettu	elköö olko nossettu
Potentsiala
Preesens
	positive	negative
1st singular	nostanen	en nostane
2nd singular	nostanet	et nostane
3rd singular	nostanoo	ei nostane
1st plural	nostanemma	emmä nostane
2nd plural	nostanetta	että nostane
3rd plural	nostanoot	evät nostane, ei nossettane
impersonal	nossettannoo	ei nossettane
Nominal forms
Infinitivat			Partisipat
				active	passive
1st		nostaa	present	nostava	nossettava
2nd	inessive	nostajees	past	nostant, nostanut	nossettu
2nd	instructive	nostaen	¹⁾ Chiefly in the Soikkola dialect. ²⁾ Chiefly in the Ala-Laukaa dialect. ^) For the imperative, the 2nd plural (nostakaa) 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	nostamaa
	inessive	nostamaas
	elative	nostamast
	abessive	nostamata
4th	nominative	nostamiin
	partitive	nostamista, nostamist

Synonyms

(to lift): ylentää
(to wake up): ylentää

Derived terms

References

V. I. Junus (1936) Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎^[2], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 20
Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 346

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