kotiuttaa

Finnish

Etymology

koti (“home”) +‎ -uttaa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkotiutːɑːˣ/,
• Rhymes: -utːɑː
• Syllabification^(key): ko‧ti‧ut‧taa

Verb

kotiuttaa

1. (military, transitive) to demobilize, send home (to release from military duty)
2. (hospital, transitive) to send a patient home, let a patient go home, discharge, release
3. to domiciliate (to establish a permanent residence for)
4. to repatriate (to restore somebody to his or her own country)
5. (finance) to book, realize (to convert securities into money), to convert any kind of property into money, especially property representing investments, as shares, bonds
6. (pesäpallo, transitive) to manage to get a baserunner to the home base and to score a run with a hit; to bring a runner home

Usage notes

• (pesäpallo): The subject is the player that hits the ball, while the object is the baserunner that manages to get to the home base.

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Further reading

• “kotiuttaa”, 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 2023-07-02