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Finnish
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *laskëdak, from Proto-Uralic *laćke- ~ *laśke-. Cognates include Erzya ластямс (lasťams, “to saddle”), Moksha ласькомс (laśkoms, “to run”).
Semantic development
- (to lower, drop, put down): Inherited from at least Proto-Finnic.
- → (to bring down, decrease): Figurative development.
- (to go lower, move down, fall, drop): Inherited from at least Proto-Finnic.
- → (to come down, decrease): Figurative development.
- (to let): Inherited from at least Proto-Finnic.
- (to count): Probably developed from "to lower, put down", in reference to putting things down from one's hands one at a time to count them, or alternatively "to let", in reference to letting animals out (e.g. to pasture) one by one to count them. The same sense is also found in the Ingrian and Karelian cognates. Later extended to calculations in general.
Pronunciation
Verb
laskea
- (transitive) to lower, move down
- Antonyms: nostaa, kohottaa
- (transitive) to put down, set down, lay down, lay
- laskea verkko ― to set the fishnet
- laskea putki ― to lay down a pipe
- laskea vesille ― to launch (a watercraft)
- (transitive, figuratively) to lower, decrease, bring down (e.g. prices or the amount of something)
- Synonyms: alentaa, pienentää, vähentää
- Antonyms: nostaa, kohottaa
- (intransitive) to move down, fall, drop, come down
- Synonym: laskeutua
- Antonyms: nousta, kohota
- (e.g. of a road or hill) to slope down, descend, drop off
- Synonym: viettää alas
- to slide down (by using some vehicle or instrument)
- Synonyms: liukua alas, laskeutua
- laskea kelkalla mäkeä ― to slide downhill with a sled
- laskea suksilla mäkeä ― to ski downhill
- (of the Sun) to set (go below the horizon)
- Antonym: nousta
- (of a river) to flow to a larger body of water
- Synonym: virrata
Mississippi laskee Meksikon lahteen.- The Mississippi flows into the Gulf of Mexico.
- (nautical) to bear down, bear away (to sail away from the wind)
- Synonyms: laskea tuuleen, (slang) fallata, fellata
- (nautical, of wind) to veer (shift in a clockwise direction)
- Antonym: pakata
- (intransitive, figuratively) to lower, decrease, come down (e.g. prices or the amount of something)
- Synonyms: aleta, vähentyä, vähetä
- Antonyms: nousta, kohota
- (transitive) to let (now mostly confined to fixed phrases and the more specific subsenses)
- Synonym: päästää
- laskea sisään ― to let in
- laskea ulos ― to let out
- laskea karkuun ― to let escape
- laskea menemään ― to let go (concretely; not in the sense "to dismiss/give notice to/fire")
- laskea irti ― to let loose
- to (let) run, (let) flow
- Synonyms: valuttaa, päästää
- laskea vettä hanasta ― to run water from the tap
- to let out, issue, release (often with liikkeelle or liikkeeseen)
- Synonyms: saattaa, päästää
- (of speech) to let out (of one's mouth), let flow
- laskea leikkiä ― to joke, kid
- (transitive) to count, tally, calculate
- to count, tally (the number of something)
- to count (enumerate numbers)
Laske yhdestä kymmeneen.- Count from one to ten.
- to calculate, compute
- to calculate, figure, estimate
- Synonym: laskelmoida
- (figurative) to find, consider (+ translative)
- Synonym: pitää (+ partitive + essive)
Lasken sen eduksi.- I consider it an advantage.
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