ostaa

Finnish

Etymology

From . Cognate with Estonian ostma. A causative derivation with -ta, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *wosa (whence also eg. Komi-Zyrian вуз (vuz, “tax”)), an ancient loanword from Proto-Indo-European *wes-, *wos- (compare Ancient Greek ὠνέομαι (ōnéomai), Latin vēnum, Sanskrit वस्न (vasná)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈostɑːˣ/, [ˈo̞s̠tɑ̝ː(ʔ)]
• Rhymes: -ostɑː
• Hyphenation: os‧taa

Verb

ostaa

1. (transitive) To buy, purchase.

Conjugation

Inflection of ostaa (Kotus type 53/muistaa, no gradation)
indicative mood
present tense				perfect
person		positive	negative	person	positive	negative
1st sing.		ostan	en osta	1st sing.	olen ostanut	en ole ostanut
2nd sing.		ostat	et osta	2nd sing.	olet ostanut	et ole ostanut
3rd sing.		ostaa	ei osta	3rd sing.	on ostanut	ei ole ostanut
1st plur.		ostamme	emme osta	1st plur.	olemme ostaneet	emme ole ostaneet
2nd plur.		ostatte	ette osta	2nd plur.	olette ostaneet	ette ole ostaneet
3rd plur.		ostavat	eivät osta	3rd plur.	ovat ostaneet	eivät ole ostaneet
passive		ostetaan	ei osteta	passive	on ostettu	ei ole ostettu
past tense				pluperfect
person		positive	negative	person	positive	negative
1st sing.		ostin	en ostanut	1st sing.	olin ostanut	en ollut ostanut
2nd sing.		ostit	et ostanut	2nd sing.	olit ostanut	et ollut ostanut
3rd sing.		osti	ei ostanut	3rd sing.	oli ostanut	ei ollut ostanut
1st plur.		ostimme	emme ostaneet	1st plur.	olimme ostaneet	emme olleet ostaneet
2nd plur.		ostitte	ette ostaneet	2nd plur.	olitte ostaneet	ette olleet ostaneet
3rd plur.		ostivat	eivät ostaneet	3rd plur.	olivat ostaneet	eivät olleet ostaneet
passive		ostettiin	ei ostettu	passive	oli ostettu	ei ollut ostettu
conditional mood
present				perfect
person		positive	negative	person	positive	negative
1st sing.		ostaisin	en ostaisi	1st sing.	olisin ostanut	en olisi ostanut
2nd sing.		ostaisit	et ostaisi	2nd sing.	olisit ostanut	et olisi ostanut
3rd sing.		ostaisi	ei ostaisi	3rd sing.	olisi ostanut	ei olisi ostanut
1st plur.		ostaisimme	emme ostaisi	1st plur.	olisimme ostaneet	emme olisi ostaneet
2nd plur.		ostaisitte	ette ostaisi	2nd plur.	olisitte ostaneet	ette olisi ostaneet
3rd plur.		ostaisivat	eivät ostaisi	3rd plur.	olisivat ostaneet	eivät olisi ostaneet
passive		ostettaisiin	ei ostettaisi	passive	olisi ostettu	ei olisi ostettu
imperative mood
present				perfect
person		positive	negative	person	positive	negative
1st sing.		—	—	1st sing.	—	—
2nd sing.		osta	älä osta	2nd sing.	—	—
3rd sing.		ostakoon	älköön ostako	3rd sing.	olkoon ostanut	älköön olko ostanut
1st plur.		ostakaamme	älkäämme ostako	1st plur.	—	—
2nd plur.		ostakaa	älkää ostako	2nd plur.	—	—
3rd plur.		ostakoot	älkööt ostako	3rd plur.	olkoot ostaneet	älkööt olko ostaneet
passive		ostettakoon	älköön ostettako	passive	olkoon ostettu	älköön olko ostettu
potential mood
present				perfect
person		positive	negative	person	positive	negative
1st sing.		ostanen	en ostane	1st sing.	lienen ostanut	en liene ostanut
2nd sing.		ostanet	et ostane	2nd sing.	lienet ostanut	et liene ostanut
3rd sing.		ostanee	ei ostane	3rd sing.	lienee ostanut	ei liene ostanut
1st plur.		ostanemme	emme ostane	1st plur.	lienemme ostaneet	emme liene ostaneet
2nd plur.		ostanette	ette ostane	2nd plur.	lienette ostaneet	ette liene ostaneet
3rd plur.		ostanevat	eivät ostane	3rd plur.	lienevät ostaneet	eivät liene ostaneet
passive		ostettaneen	ei ostettane	passive	lienee ostettu	ei liene ostettu
Nominal forms
infinitives				participles
		active	passive		active	passive
1st		ostaa		present	ostava	ostettava
long 1st1		Possessive forms Person sing. plur. 1st ostaakseni ostaaksemme 2nd ostaaksesi ostaaksenne 3rd ostaakseen ostaaksensa		past	ostanut	ostettu
2nd	inessive2	ostaessa	ostettaessa	agent3	ostama
		Possessive forms Person sing. plur. 1st ostaessani ostaessamme 2nd ostaessasi ostaessanne 3rd ostaessaan ostaessansa		negative	ostamaton
	instructive	ostaen	—	1) Used only with a possessive suffix. 2) Usually with a possessive suffix (active only). 3) Usually with a possessive suffix. Not used with intransitive verbs. Distinct from nouns with the -ma suffix and third infinitive forms. 4) Some uses of the verbal noun are called the 'fourth infinitive' by certain sources (more details). * The third-person singular indicative form ostaa does not exhibit final gemination, unlike the first infinitive (the lemma form), even though they are spelled identically.
3rd	inessive	ostamassa	—
	elative	ostamasta	—
	illative	ostamaan	—
	adessive	ostamalla	—
	abessive	ostamatta	—
	instructive	ostaman	ostettaman
4th4	verbal noun	ostaminen
5th1		Possessive forms Person sing. plur. 1st ostamaisillani ostamaisillamme 2nd ostamaisillasi ostamaisillanne 3rd ostamaisillaan ostamaisillansa

Derived terms

• nouns: ostaja, osto, ostos
• verbs: frequentative ostella

Anagrams

• Aatos, aatos, oasta, osaat, osata, otsaa, saota, satoa, sotaa, tasoa

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Ingrian

Verb

ostaa

1. buy