saada
Pronunciation: /ˈsɑːdɑˣ/
“saada” is a Finnish word. Its 15 meanings in English:
verb
- to get, receive
- to get as one's task or responsibility to (do), be assigned to do
- to get [with elative ‘out of’], make, produce, yield
- to get, (in the passive) yield, afford (to give or bring forth; yield as natural result)
- to get or make something done, manage to do
- to make [with illative of third infinitive] (to cause the direct object to be the subject of a verb)
- may, to be allowed, to be permitted; (restrictive) must; (in the negative) must (not), may (not)
- Used in polite questions; almost always followed by a verb. saada may be in the indicative or conditional mood, the latter is more polite.
- to deserve, ought to
- used in an indirect imperative sense, often with the addition of luvan
- to have to do something (reluctantly)
- will [with first infinitive] (expresses hope that something will happen in the future; usually used with a qualifier)
- to copy (receive a transmission successfully)
- to get laid, to get lucky [with ablative ‘by’] (if the partner is mentioned)
- 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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