erata

Ultimately from the same root as erota. The -k- is analogous; compare taata from taka-.

• IPA^(key): /ˈerɑtɑˣ/,
• Rhymes: -erɑtɑ
• Syllabification^(key): e‧ra‧ta

erata (many forms very rare; see usage notes)

1. (intransitive, usually defective) to diverge
   • 1642, The Holy Bible, Maccabees 6:54:

     täytyi heidän erata toinen toisistans

     they were fain to disperse themselves

   • 1784, Christfrid Ganander, Uudempia Uloswalituita Satuja, 150 Satu. Waimosta, joka Hukkui:

     Jotta jälkeen kuolemangin / Eukko erannut elosta

   • 1887 October 4, Hämeen Sanomat‎, number 79, page 3:

     Hän on nyt erannut yleisistä asioista ja asuu Monroviassa...

     He has now left behind daily affairs and lives in Monrovia...

   • 1914 January 17, Eteenpäin‎, number 12, page 3:

     Erattuaan heistä noin 5 minuutin matkan päästä lähti hän asunnolleen.

     Having parted ways with them after 5 minutes or so, he left to return to his apartment.

The forms with the weak stem era- are very rare and considered nonstandard (for instance, the Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish does not recognize their existence and therefore lists the verb under erkanee); usually only the forms with the strong grade (erka-) are used, while the other forms are supplanted from erkaantua.

The former is a more standard conjugation, with supplanted forms from erkaantua (marked in italic).

• (to diverge): erkaantua

• “erkanee”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-11-17

• -ertaa, raate