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saada

Pronunciation: /ˈsɑːdɑˣ/

“saada” is a Finnish word. Its 15 meanings in English:

verb

  1. to get, receive
  2. to get as one's task or responsibility to (do), be assigned to do
  3. to get [with elative ‘out of’], make, produce, yield
  4. to get, (in the passive) yield, afford (to give or bring forth; yield as natural result)
  5. to get or make something done, manage to do
  6. to make [with illative of third infinitive] (to cause the direct object to be the subject of a verb)
  7. may, to be allowed, to be permitted; (restrictive) must; (in the negative) must (not), may (not)
  8. Used in polite questions; almost always followed by a verb. saada may be in the indicative or conditional mood, the latter is more polite.
  9. to deserve, ought to
  10. used in an indirect imperative sense, often with the addition of luvan
  11. to have to do something (reluctantly)
  12. will [with first infinitive] (expresses hope that something will happen in the future; usually used with a qualifier)
  13. to copy (receive a transmission successfully)
  14. to get laid, to get lucky [with ablative ‘by’] (if the partner is mentioned)
  15. to arrive, come

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *saadak (compare Estonian saama), from Proto-Uralic *saxe- (compare Moksha самс (sams), Eastern Mari шуаш (šuaš), Komi-Zyrian суны (suny)); see it for more.

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