olla

Finnish

pronunciation
Definitions
  • (copular) to be indicating that the subject and the complement of the verb form the same thing
  • (intransitive) to be occupy a place
  • (copular) to be, constitute, make up, form
  • (intransitive) to have; to own, to possess
  • (intransitive) to have, to possess as a feature or capability, as opposed to simple possession, almost always for inanimate subjects
  • (intransitive) to exist 1=the subject often indefinite = in partitive case -> verb in 3rd-pers. singular
  • (intransitive) to behave, act (as if...) when followed by a subordinate clause beginning with m
  • (transitive) to have a verb to build active present perfect tense and active past perfect tense, taking active past participle, ending m
  • (transitive) to have a verb to build impersonal simple past tense, impersonal passive present perfect tense and impersonal passive past perfect tense, taking passive past participle, ending m
  • (intransitive) there (there) be
  • (intransitive) to have to do something, must do something; be obliged/forced to do something
  • (transitive) to play a children's game

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Finnic *oldak inherited from Proto-Uralic *wole- (will be, be) inherited from Proto-Finnic *leedäk inherited from Proto-Uralic *le- (become).

Origin

Proto-Uralic

*le-

Gloss

become

Concept
Semantic Field

Miscellaneous function words

Ontological Category

Action/Process

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