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antaa

Pronunciation: /ˈɑntɑːˣ/

“antaa” is a Finnish word. Its 11 meanings in English:

verb

  1. to give [with allative ‘to’] (transfer possession of to someone else)
  2. to give, allow, afford, grant
  3. to let, allow, permit
  4. to have (do) (used as a causative or curative auxiliary verb)
  5. to issue (announce a legal statute; deliver by authority)
  6. to distribute, hand/pass out
  7. to grant, confer
  8. to give, yield, produce, bring
  9. to submit, leave, offer (often with a translative to represent action)
  10. to face, point (towards), give
  11. to consent to have sex [with allative ‘with’], put out

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *antadak (compare Estonian andma), from Proto-Uralic *amta- (compare Northern Sami vuovdit (“to sell”), Erzya андомс (andoms, “to feed”), Eastern Mari омдеш (omdeš), Komi-Zyrian удны (udny), Hungarian ad).

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