nostaa

Finnish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnostɑːˣ/, [ˈno̞s̠tɑ̝ː(ʔ)]
• Rhymes: -ostɑː
• Syllabification^(key): nos‧taa

Verb

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)

Conjugation

Inflection of nostaa (Kotus type 53/muistaa, no gradation)
indicative mood
present tense				perfect
person		positive	negative	person	positive	negative
1st sing.		nostan	en nosta	1st sing.	olen nostanut	en ole nostanut
2nd sing.		nostat	et nosta	2nd sing.	olet nostanut	et ole nostanut
3rd sing.		nostaa	ei nosta	3rd sing.	on nostanut	ei ole nostanut
1st plur.		nostamme	emme nosta	1st plur.	olemme nostaneet	emme ole nostaneet
2nd plur.		nostatte	ette nosta	2nd plur.	olette nostaneet	ette ole nostaneet
3rd plur.		nostavat	eivät nosta	3rd plur.	ovat nostaneet	eivät ole nostaneet
passive		nostetaan	ei nosteta	passive	on nostettu	ei ole nostettu
past tense				pluperfect
person		positive	negative	person	positive	negative
1st sing.		nostin	en nostanut	1st sing.	olin nostanut	en ollut nostanut
2nd sing.		nostit	et nostanut	2nd sing.	olit nostanut	et ollut nostanut
3rd sing.		nosti	ei nostanut	3rd sing.	oli nostanut	ei ollut nostanut
1st plur.		nostimme	emme nostaneet	1st plur.	olimme nostaneet	emme olleet nostaneet
2nd plur.		nostitte	ette nostaneet	2nd plur.	olitte nostaneet	ette olleet nostaneet
3rd plur.		nostivat	eivät nostaneet	3rd plur.	olivat nostaneet	eivät olleet nostaneet
passive		nostettiin	ei nostettu	passive	oli nostettu	ei ollut nostettu
conditional mood
present				perfect
person		positive	negative	person	positive	negative
1st sing.		nostaisin	en nostaisi	1st sing.	olisin nostanut	en olisi nostanut
2nd sing.		nostaisit	et nostaisi	2nd sing.	olisit nostanut	et olisi nostanut
3rd sing.		nostaisi	ei nostaisi	3rd sing.	olisi nostanut	ei olisi nostanut
1st plur.		nostaisimme	emme nostaisi	1st plur.	olisimme nostaneet	emme olisi nostaneet
2nd plur.		nostaisitte	ette nostaisi	2nd plur.	olisitte nostaneet	ette olisi nostaneet
3rd plur.		nostaisivat	eivät nostaisi	3rd plur.	olisivat nostaneet	eivät olisi nostaneet
passive		nostettaisiin	ei nostettaisi	passive	olisi nostettu	ei olisi nostettu
imperative mood
present				perfect
person		positive	negative	person	positive	negative
1st sing.		—	—	1st sing.	—	—
2nd sing.		nosta	älä nosta	2nd sing.	—	—
3rd sing.		nostakoon	älköön nostako	3rd sing.	olkoon nostanut	älköön olko nostanut
1st plur.		nostakaamme	älkäämme nostako	1st plur.	—	—
2nd plur.		nostakaa	älkää nostako	2nd plur.	—	—
3rd plur.		nostakoot	älkööt nostako	3rd plur.	olkoot nostaneet	älkööt olko nostaneet
passive		nostettakoon	älköön nostettako	passive	olkoon nostettu	älköön olko nostettu
potential mood
present				perfect
person		positive	negative	person	positive	negative
1st sing.		nostanen	en nostane	1st sing.	lienen nostanut	en liene nostanut
2nd sing.		nostanet	et nostane	2nd sing.	lienet nostanut	et liene nostanut
3rd sing.		nostanee	ei nostane	3rd sing.	lienee nostanut	ei liene nostanut
1st plur.		nostanemme	emme nostane	1st plur.	lienemme nostaneet	emme liene nostaneet
2nd plur.		nostanette	ette nostane	2nd plur.	lienette nostaneet	ette liene nostaneet
3rd plur.		nostanevat	eivät nostane	3rd plur.	lienevät nostaneet	eivät liene nostaneet
passive		nostettaneen	ei nostettane	passive	lienee nostettu	ei liene nostettu
Nominal forms
infinitives				participles
		active	passive		active	passive
1st		nostaa		present	nostava	nostettava
long 1st1		Possessive forms Person sing. plur. 1st nostaakseni nostaaksemme 2nd nostaaksesi nostaaksenne 3rd nostaakseen nostaaksensa		past	nostanut	nostettu
2nd	inessive2	nostaessa	nostettaessa	agent4	nostama
		Possessive forms Person sing. plur. 1st nostaessani nostaessamme 2nd nostaessasi nostaessanne 3rd nostaessaan nostaessansa		negative	nostamaton
	instructive	nostaen	—	1) Used only with a possessive suffix. 2) Usually with a possessive suffix (active only). 3) Some uses of the verbal noun are called the 'fourth infinitive' by certain sources (more details). 4) Usually with a possessive suffix. Not used with intransitive verbs. Distinct from nouns with the -ma suffix and third infinitive forms. * The third-person singular indicative form nostaa does not exhibit final gemination, unlike the first infinitive (the lemma form), even though they are spelled identically.
3rd	inessive	nostamassa	—
	elative	nostamasta	—
	illative	nostamaan	—
	adessive	nostamalla	—
	abessive	nostamatta	—
	instructive	nostaman	nostettaman
4th3	verbal noun	nostaminen
5th1		Possessive forms Person sing. plur. 1st nostamaisillani nostamaisillamme 2nd nostamaisillasi nostamaisillanne 3rd nostamaisillaan nostamaisillansa

Antonyms

• laskea

Derived terms

• nostaja
• nostajaiset
• nostaminen
• nostattaa
• noste
• nostella
• nostin
• nosto
• nosturi

 

Related terms

• nousta (intransitive)

Further reading

• “nostaa”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (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

Anagrams

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

Ingrian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Verb

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 [your] flags!

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

Conjugation

Conjugation of nostaa (type 2/kirjuttaa, st-ss gradation)
Indikativa
Preesens			Perfekta
	positive	negative		positive	negative
1st singular	nossan	en nossa	1st singular	oon nostant, oon nostanut	en oo nostant, en oo nostanut
2nd singular	nossat	et nossa	2nd singular	oot nostant, oot nostanut	et oo nostant, et oo nostanut
3rd singular	nostaa	ei nossa	3rd singular	ono nostant, ono nostanut	ei oo nostant, ei oo nostanut
1st plural	nossamma	emmä nossa	1st plural	oomma nostaneet	emmä oo nostaneet
2nd plural	nossatta	että nossa	2nd plural	ootta nostaneet	että oo nostaneet
3rd plural	nostaat1), nostavat2), nossetaa	evät nossa, ei nosseta	3rd plural	ovat nostaneet	evät oo nostaneet, ei oo nossettu
impersonal	nossetaa	ei nosseta	impersonal	ono nossettu	ei oo nossettu
Imperfekta			Pluskvamperfekta
	positive	negative		positive	negative
1st singular	nossin	en nostant, en nostanut	1st singular	olin nostant, olin nostanut	en olt nostant, en olt nostanut
2nd singular	nossit	et nostant, et nostanut	2nd singular	olit nostant, olit nostanut	et olt nostant, et olt nostanut
3rd singular	nosti	ei nostant, ei nostanut	3rd singular	oli nostant, oli nostanut	ei olt nostant, ei olt nostanut
1st plural	nossimma	emmä nostaneet	1st plural	olimma nostaneet	emmä olleet nostaneet
2nd plural	nossitta	että nostaneet	2nd plural	olitta nostaneet	että olleet nostaneet
3rd plural	nostiit1), nostivat2), nossettii	evät nostaneet, ei nossettu	3rd plural	olivat nostaneet	evät olleet nostaneet, ei olt nossettu
impersonal	nossettii	ei nossettu	impersonal	oli nossettu	ei olt nossettu
Konditsionala
Preesens			Perfekta
	positive	negative		positive	negative
1st singular	nostaisin	en nostais	1st singular	olisin nostant, olisin nostanut	en olis nostant, en olis nostanut
2nd singular	nostaisit, nostaist1)	et nostais	2nd singular	olisit nostant, olisit nostanut	et olis nostant, et olis nostanut
3rd singular	nostais	ei nostais	3rd singular	olis nostant, olis nostanut	ei olis nostant, ei olis nostanut
1st plural	nostaisimma	emmä nostais	1st plural	olisimma nostaneet	emmä olis nostaneet
2nd plural	nostaisitta	että nostais	2nd plural	olisitta nostaneet	että olis nostaneet
3rd plural	nostaisiit1), nostaisivat2), nossettais	evät nostais, ei nossettais	3rd plural	olisivat nostaneet	evät olis nostaneet, ei olis nossettu
impersonal	nossettais	ei nossettais	impersonal	olis nossettu	ei olis nossettu
Imperativa
Preesens			Perfekta
	positive	negative		positive	negative
1st singular	—	—	1st singular	—	—
2nd singular	nossa	elä nossa	2nd singular	oo nostant, oo nostanut	elä oo nostant, elä oo nostanut
3rd singular	nostakoo	elköö nostako	3rd singular	olkoo nostant, olkoo nostanut	elköö olko nostant, elköö olko nostanut
1st plural	—	—	1st plural	—	—
2nd plural	nostakaa	elkää nostako	2nd plural	olkaa nostaneet	elkää olko nostaneet
3rd plural	nostakoot	elkööt nostako, elköö nossettako	3rd plural	olkoot nostaneet	elkööt olko nostaneet, elköö olko nossettu
impersonal	nossettakkoo	elköö nossettako	impersonal	olkoo nossettu	elköö olko nossettu
Potentsiala
Preesens
	positive	negative
1st singular	nostanen	en nostane
2nd singular	nostanet	et nostane
3rd singular	nostanoo	ei nostane
1st plural	nostanemma	emmä nostane
2nd plural	nostanetta	että nostane
3rd plural	nostanoot	evät nostane, ei nossettane
impersonal	nossettannoo	ei nossettane
Nominal forms
Infinitivat			Partisipat
				active	passive
1st		nostaa	present	nostava	nossettava
2nd	inessive	nostajees	past	nostant, nostanut	nossettu
	instructive	nostaen	1) Chiefly in the Soikkola dialect. 2) Chiefly in the Ala-Laukaa dialect. *) For the imperative, the 2nd plural (nostakaa) may be used for the 3rd person as well. **) The interrogative is formed by adding the suffix -k (-ka?/-kä?) to the indicative ***) The deliberative is formed by adding the suffix -k (-ka?/-kä?) or -kse to either the indicative or the potential ****) In folk poetry, a long first infinitive can be formed by adding the suffix -kse-, followed by possessive suffixes, to the first infinitive. Note that sometimes gemination may be undone by this addition.
3rd	illative	nostamaa
	inessive	nostamaas
	elative	nostamast
	abessive	nostamata
4th	nominative	nostamiin
	partitive	nostamista, nostamist

Synonyms

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

Derived terms

• nostaja
• nostajain

 

References

• V. I. Junus (1936) Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎^[2], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 20
• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 346