heittää

== Finnish == === Etymology === From Proto-Finnic *heittädäk, possibly from earlier *šej-ttä- and borrowed from Early Proto-Germanic *sēja-/*sēje- (later Proto-Germanic *sēaną); if so, cognate with Swedish så (“to sow (seeds)”). Finnic cognates include Estonian heitma, Livonian eitõ and Veps heitta. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈhei̯tːæːˣ/, [ˈhe̞i̯t̪ːæː(ʔ)] Rhymes: -eitːæː Syllabification(key): heit‧tää Hyphenation(key): heit‧tää === Verb === heittää (transitive) to throw, cast, hurl, toss Synonyms: mosauttaa (dialectal), täräyttää (colloquial) heittää varjo ― to cast a shadow heittää ulos ― to expel, throw out (transitive, chiefly in expressions) to abandon, give up (intransitive) to swing, sway, e.g. because it is off-center (transitive) to interject; express something (especially quickly, tersely, briefly) heittää arvaus ― to take a guess (transitive, colloquial) to take, transport, give a ride (in a car) (transitive, colloquial) to give, hand over (transitive, colloquial) to put, place, stick (intransitive, colloquial, of a number) to be inaccurate or incorrect, to be off [with adessive ‘by’] ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === References === === Further reading === “heittää”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023 == Ingrian == === Etymology === From Proto-Finnic *heittädäk. Cognates include Finnish heittää and Estonian heita. === Pronunciation === (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈhei̯tːæː/, [ˈhe̞i̯tːæ] (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈhei̯tːæː/, [ˈhe̞i̯tːæː] (Hevaha) IPA(key): /ˈhei̯tːæk/, [ˈhe̞i̯tːæɡ̊] Rhymes: -ei̯tːæː Hyphenation: heit‧tää === Verb === heittää (transitive) to throw (transitive) to abandon ==== Usage notes ==== The location of the action of heittää is expressed with either the illative or the allative case: Miun vanhemmat heittiit minnua teelle. ― My parents abandoned me on the road. (literally, “My parents abandoned me onto the road”) ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Synonyms ==== (to throw): visata ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Votic: heittä === References === Ruben E. Nirvi (1971), Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 55 Arvo Laanest (1997), Isuri keele Hevaha murde sõnastik, Eesti Keele Instituut, page 34