esittää

Finnish

pronunciation
Definitions
  • (transitive) To express, offer, set set/put forth, state.
  • (transitive) To show (explaining).
  • (transitive) To present, produce (on a stage), stage, show.
  • (transitive) To submit, suggest, propose; to move, make a motion; to nominate, put forward; to refer.
  • (transitive) To perform, do.
  • (transitive) To pose as, play (the part of), pretend to be, impersonate, purport oneself to be.
  • (transitive) To portray, represent, render.
  • (transitive) To produce (to make available to a person, an authority, etc.).

Etymology

Suffix from Finnish esi- (pre-, fore-).

Origin

Finnish

esi-

Gloss

pre-, fore-

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