säästää

== Finnish == === Etymology === From Proto-Finnic *säästädäk. Related to Karelian seästeä, Livvi siästiä and Ludian šiästädä. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈsæːstæːˣ/, [ˈs̠æːs̠tæː(ʔ)] Rhymes: -æːstæː Syllabification(key): sääs‧tää Hyphenation(key): sääs‧tää === Verb === säästää (transitive) to save, spare (conserve or prevent the wasting of; of resources like money or electricity) säästää sähköä ― to save electricity (transitive) to save, preserve (store for future use, such as of precious items) (transitive) to save, save up (accumulate for a specific purpose, such as money) [with illative ‘for’] (intransitive) to save, be frugal (transitive) to protect, spare (from damage: has a positive nuance, implying e.g. that some action could help prevent damage) ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “säästää”, 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 3 July 2023