poistaa

pois +‎ -taa

• IPA^(key): /ˈpoi̯stɑːˣ/,
• Rhymes: -oistɑː
• Hyphenation^(key): pois‧taa

poistaa (transitive)

1. to remove, take away, take off

   poistaa jää ― to deice

   poistaa huurre ― to defrost

   poistaa maali ― to depaint

   poistaa vaha ― to dewax

   poistaa tuotannosta ― to discontinue (the production of)

   poistaa myynnistä ― to discontinue (the sale of)

   poistaa valikoimasta ― to discontinue (the sale of)

   poistaa asemasta ― to eject (such as a disc from a drive)

2. to delete, erase, strike, eliminate from existence
3. (accounting) to depreciate, write off
4. (slang) to sell or deal illegal recreational drugs

   Oisko jäbällä poistaa mulle gramma kukkaa?

   Dude, can ya sell me a gram of reefer?

Many English verbs that denote the removal of a specific material (often with the prefix de-) are translated into Finnish with the verb poistaa (as in the collocations above). In that case, the direct object of the English verb will be an adverbial in the equivalent Finnish verb phrase, and it will be expressed in the elative case:

Jään poistaminen siivistä on tärkeää talviolosuhteissa.

Deicing the wings is important in winter conditions.

• “poistaa”, 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

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