edustaa

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Finnish

Etymology 1

From edus +‎ -taa. Coined by Finnish journalist, poet and translator Paavo Tikkanen in 1849, prior to that senses included e.g. "to read in front of other people; to prevent".

Pronunciation

Verb

edustaa

  1. (transitive, usually atelic) to represent (stand in the place of, act on behalf of; serve as a sign or symbol of; act as a representative of)
Conjugation
Inflection of edustaa (Kotus type 53/muistaa, no gradation)
indicative mood
present tense perfect
person positive negative person positive negative
1st sing. edustan en edusta 1st sing. olen edustanut en ole edustanut
2nd sing. edustat et edusta 2nd sing. olet edustanut et ole edustanut
3rd sing. edustaa ei edusta 3rd sing. on edustanut ei ole edustanut
1st plur. edustamme emme edusta 1st plur. olemme edustaneet emme ole edustaneet
2nd plur. edustatte ette edusta 2nd plur. olette edustaneet ette ole edustaneet
3rd plur. edustavat eivät edusta 3rd plur. ovat edustaneet eivät ole edustaneet
passive edustetaan ei edusteta passive on edustettu ei ole edustettu
past tense pluperfect
person positive negative person positive negative
1st sing. edustin en edustanut 1st sing. olin edustanut en ollut edustanut
2nd sing. edustit et edustanut 2nd sing. olit edustanut et ollut edustanut
3rd sing. edusti ei edustanut 3rd sing. oli edustanut ei ollut edustanut
1st plur. edustimme emme edustaneet 1st plur. olimme edustaneet emme olleet edustaneet
2nd plur. edustitte ette edustaneet 2nd plur. olitte edustaneet ette olleet edustaneet
3rd plur. edustivat eivät edustaneet 3rd plur. olivat edustaneet eivät olleet edustaneet
passive edustettiin ei edustettu passive oli edustettu ei ollut edustettu
conditional mood
present perfect
person positive negative person positive negative
1st sing. edustaisin en edustaisi 1st sing. olisin edustanut en olisi edustanut
2nd sing. edustaisit et edustaisi 2nd sing. olisit edustanut et olisi edustanut
3rd sing. edustaisi ei edustaisi 3rd sing. olisi edustanut ei olisi edustanut
1st plur. edustaisimme emme edustaisi 1st plur. olisimme edustaneet emme olisi edustaneet
2nd plur. edustaisitte ette edustaisi 2nd plur. olisitte edustaneet ette olisi edustaneet
3rd plur. edustaisivat eivät edustaisi 3rd plur. olisivat edustaneet eivät olisi edustaneet
passive edustettaisiin ei edustettaisi passive olisi edustettu ei olisi edustettu
imperative mood
present perfect
person positive negative person positive negative
1st sing. 1st sing.
2nd sing. edusta älä edusta 2nd sing.
3rd sing. edustakoon älköön edustako 3rd sing. olkoon edustanut älköön olko edustanut
1st plur. edustakaamme älkäämme edustako 1st plur.
2nd plur. edustakaa älkää edustako 2nd plur.
3rd plur. edustakoot älkööt edustako 3rd plur. olkoot edustaneet älkööt olko edustaneet
passive edustettakoon älköön edustettako passive olkoon edustettu älköön olko edustettu
potential mood
present perfect
person positive negative person positive negative
1st sing. edustanen en edustane 1st sing. lienen edustanut en liene edustanut
2nd sing. edustanet et edustane 2nd sing. lienet edustanut et liene edustanut
3rd sing. edustanee ei edustane 3rd sing. lienee edustanut ei liene edustanut
1st plur. edustanemme emme edustane 1st plur. lienemme edustaneet emme liene edustaneet
2nd plur. edustanette ette edustane 2nd plur. lienette edustaneet ette liene edustaneet
3rd plur. edustanevat eivät edustane 3rd plur. lienevät edustaneet eivät liene edustaneet
passive edustettaneen ei edustettane passive lienee edustettu ei liene edustettu
Nominal forms
infinitives participles
active passive active passive
1st edustaa present edustava edustettava
long 1st1
Possessive forms
Person sing. plur.
1st edustaakseni edustaaksemme
2nd edustaaksesi edustaaksenne
3rd edustaakseen
edustaaksensa
past edustanut edustettu
2nd inessive2 edustaessa edustettaessa agent3 edustama
Possessive forms
Person sing. plur.
1st edustaessani edustaessamme
2nd edustaessasi edustaessanne
3rd edustaessaan
edustaessansa
negative edustamaton
instructive edustaen 1) Used only with a possessive suffix.

2) Usually with a possessive suffix (active only).
3) Usually with a possessive suffix. Not used with intransitive verbs. Distinct from nouns with the -ma suffix and third infinitive forms.
4) Some uses of the verbal noun are called the 'fourth infinitive' by certain sources (more details).
* The third-person singular indicative form edustaa does not exhibit final gemination,
unlike the first infinitive (the lemma form), even though they are spelled identically.

3rd inessive edustamassa
elative edustamasta
illative edustamaan
adessive edustamalla
abessive edustamatta
instructive edustaman edustettaman
4th4 verbal noun edustaminen
5th1
Possessive forms
Person sing. plur.
1st edustamaisillani edustamaisillamme
2nd edustamaisillasi edustamaisillanne
3rd edustamaisillaan
edustamaisillansa
Derived terms
adjectives
adverbs
nouns
verbs

Further reading

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Noun

edustaa

  1. partitive singular of edusta