laskea

From Proto-Finnic *laskëdak, from Proto-Uralic *laćke- ~ *laśke-. Cognates include Erzya ластямс (laśťams, “to saddle”), Moksha ласькомс (laśkoms, “to run”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɑskeɑˣ/,
• Rhymes: -ɑskeɑ
• Hyphenation^(key): las‧kea

laskea

1. (transitive) to lower, move down

   Antonyms: nostaa, kohottaa

   1. (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)

2. (transitive, figuratively) to lower, decrease, bring down (e.g. prices or the amount of something) (atelic without a target)

   Synonyms: alentaa, pienentää, vähentää

   Antonyms: nostaa, kohottaa

3. (intransitive) to move down, fall, drop, come down

   Synonym: laskeutua

   Antonyms: nousta, kohota

   1. (e.g. of a road or hill) to slope down, descend, drop off

      Synonym: viettää alas

   2. 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

   3. (of the Sun) to set (go below the horizon)

      Antonym: nousta

   4. (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.

   5. (nautical) to bear down, bear away (to sail away from the wind)

      Synonyms: laskea tuuleen, (slang) fallata, fellata

   6. (nautical, of wind) to veer (shift in a clockwise direction)

      Antonym: pakata

4. (intransitive, figuratively) to lower, decrease, come down (e.g. prices or the amount of something)

   Synonyms: aleta, vähentyä, vähetä

   Antonyms: nousta, kohota

5. (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

   1. to (let) run, (let) flow

      Synonyms: valuttaa, päästää

      laskea vettä hanasta ― to run water from the tap

   2. to let out, issue, release (often with liikkeelle or liikkeeseen)

      Synonyms: saattaa, päästää

   3. (of speech) to let out (of one's mouth), let flow

      laskea leikkiä ― to joke, kid

6. (transitive) to count, tally, calculate
   1. to count, tally (the number of something)
   2. to count (enumerate numbers)

      Laske yhdestä kymmeneen.

      Count from one to ten.

   3. to calculate, compute
   4. to calculate, figure, estimate

      Synonym: laskelmoida

   5. (figurative) to find, consider

      Synonym: pitää (+ partitive + essive)

      Lasken sen eduksi.

      I consider it an advantage.

• “laskea”, 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

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