lupautua

luvata (“to promise”) +‎ -utua

• IPA^(key): /ˈlupɑu̯tuɑˣ/,
• Rhymes: -uɑ
• Hyphenation^(key): lu‧pau‧tua

lupautua

1. (intransitive) to promise (to do something)

   Lupauduin heille kuljettajaksi.

   I promised to be their driver.

• The difference between luvata and lupautua is more in usage than in meaning. Most of the time they could be used interchangeably. If one wants to see a difference, lupautua might be interpreted to indicate slightly less eagerness towards the task. With luvata the example sentence above would look like this:

  Lupasin olla heidän kuljettajansa.

• With verbs, the illative of the third infinitive is used; for nouns in the meaning "to be", the translative is used, as in the above usage example.

• “lupautua”, 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 2023-07-03