poistaa

== Finnish == === Etymology === pois (“away, off”) +‎ -taa. First attested in 1605. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈpoi̯stɑːˣ/, [ˈpo̞i̯s̠tɑ̝ː(ʔ)] Rhymes: -oistɑː Syllabification(key): pois‧taa Hyphenation(key): pois‧taa === Verb === poistaa (transitive) to remove, take away, take off, take out to delete, erase, strike, eliminate from existence (accounting) to depreciate, write off (slang) to sell or deal illegal recreational drugs ==== Usage notes ==== (to remove, take away, take off): Common in collocations; see below. Many English verbs that denote the removal of a specific material (often with the prefix de-) are translated into Finnish with the verb poistaa (as in the collocations above). In that case, the direct object of the English verb will be an adverbial in the equivalent Finnish verb phrase, and it will be expressed in the elative case: ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Collocations ==== === References === === Further reading === “poistaa”, 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 3 July 2023 === Anagrams === topaasi