pyytää

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[edit] Finnish

(index py)

[edit] Etymology

Possibly derived from the noun pyy, "hazel grouse", — therefore, originally may have meant "to hunt a hazel grouse", from which the usage has probably extended to other types of hunting and then to demanding and asking.

Usage notes:
The conjugation depends on the meaning. When using the verb in the original sense (to hunt/fish), use the latter conjugation with the imperfect ending -ti/-di and when using in the sense "to ask for", use the former conjugation with the imperfect ending -si.

[edit] Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: pyy‧tää
  • Rhymes: syytää
  • IPA: ['pyːtæː(ʔ)]

[edit] Verb

pyytää

  1. (transitive) To request, ask for.
  2. (transitive) To demand, insist on.
  3. (transitive) To petition, apply for.
  4. (transitive) To desire, wish, want.
  5. (transitive) To fish (always with object).

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pyytää

  1. (transitive) To hunt for, fish for.

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pyytää

  1. Third-person singular indicative present form of pyytää.
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