laskea

== Finnish == === Etymology === From Proto-Finnic *laskëdak (compare Estonian laskma), from Proto-Uralic *laćke- ~ *laśke- (compare Erzya ластямс (lasťams, “to saddle”), Moksha ласькомс (laśkoms, “to run”)). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈlɑskeɑˣ/, [ˈlɑ̝s̠k̟e̞ɑ̝(ʔ)] Rhymes: -ɑskeɑ Syllabification(key): las‧ke‧a Hyphenation(key): las‧kea === Verb === laskea (transitive) to lower, move down Antonyms: nostaa, kohottaa laskea järven pintaa ― to lower the surface of the lake (transitive) to put down, set down, lay down, lay Antonym: nostaa laskea verkko ― to set the fishnet laskea putki ― to lay down a pipe laskea vesille ― to launch (a watercraft) (transitive, figuratively) to lower, decrease, bring down (e.g. prices or the amount of something) (atelic without a target) Synonyms: alentaa, pienentää, vähentää Antonyms: nostaa, kohottaa laskea hintaa ― to lower the price (intransitive) to move down, fall, drop, come down Synonym: laskeutua Antonyms: nousta, kohota (e.g. of a road or hill) to slope down, descend, drop off Synonym: viettää alas to slide down (by using some vehicle or instrument) Synonyms: liukua alas, laskeutua laskea kelkalla mäkeä ― to slide downhill with a sled laskea suksilla mäkeä ― to ski downhill (of the Sun) to set (go below the horizon) Antonym: nousta (of a river) to flow to a larger body of water Synonym: virrata (nautical) to bear down, bear away (to sail away from the wind) Synonyms: laskea tuuleen, (slang) fallata, fellata (nautical, of wind) to veer (shift in a clockwise direction) Antonym: pakata (intransitive, figuratively) to lower, decrease, come down (e.g. prices or the amount of something) Synonyms: aleta, vähentyä, vähetä Antonyms: nousta, kohota (transitive) to let (now mostly confined to fixed phrases and the more specific subsenses) Synonym: päästää laskea sisään ― to let in laskea ulos ― to let out laskea karkuun ― to let escape laskea menemään ― to let go (concretely; not in the sense "to dismiss/give notice to/fire") laskea irti ― to let loose to (let) run, (let) flow, draw (off) Synonyms: valuttaa, päästää laskea vettä hanasta ― to run water from the tap to let out, issue, release (often with liikkeelle or liikkeeseen) Synonyms: saattaa, päästää (of speech) to let out (of one's mouth), let flow laskea leikkiä ― to joke, kid (transitive) to count, tally, calculate, reckon to count, tally (the number of something) to count (enumerate numbers) to calculate, compute to calculate, figure, estimate Synonym: laskelmoida (figurative) to find, consider [with translative] Synonym: pitää (+ partitive + essive) ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “laskea”, 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 2 July 2023 === Anagrams === elaska, kalsea