nostaa

From Proto-Finnic *nostadak. Equivalent to nos- (“to rise”) +‎ -taa, with simplification from *noustaa (regular if the word is old enough).

• IPA^(key): /ˈnostɑːˣ/,
• Rhymes: -ostɑː
• Hyphenation^(key): nos‧taa

nostaa (transitive)

1. to lift, raise, elevate

   Synonym: kohottaa

2. to hoist (to raise or lift to a desired elevation, e.g. sails or a flag)
3. to push up
4. to draw, withdraw (to extract money from an account)
5. to take out (loan)
6. (nautical) to haul (to sail closer to the wind)

   Synonyms: luffata, luuvata

7. to harvest (something grown underground, such as potatoes)
8. to fade in
9. (law) to take legal action

   nostaa kanne ― to bring proceedings, bring an action, sue

   nostaa syyte ― to prosecute (start criminal proceedings against)

10. to release, depress (a pedal, button, etc.)
11. (card games) to draw (take the top card of a deck into hand)

• laskea

• nousta (intransitive)

• “nostaa”, 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

• otsaan, otsana, saanto, sanota, satona, sotaan, sotana, tasona

From Proto-Finnic *nostadak. Cognates include Finnish nostaa and Karelian nostua.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈnostɑː/,
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈnostɑː/,
• Rhymes: -ostɑː
• Hyphenation: nos‧taa

nostaa

1. (transitive) to lift, raise
   • 1936, N. A. Iljin and V. I. Junus, Bukvari iƶoroin șkouluja vart, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 51:

     Flakut yllää nostakaa!

     Raise up flags!

2. (transitive) to wake up; make get up

• (to lift): ylentää
• (to wake up): ylentää

• V. I. Junus (1936) Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 20
• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 346