säätää

== Finnish == === Etymology === From Proto-Finnic *säätädäk (compare Estonian seadma, Livonian sǟdõ, Veps säta), equivalent to sää (“fiber, thread, strand”) (obsolete) +‎ -tää (compare säie). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈsæːtæːˣ/, [ˈs̠æːt̪æː(ʔ)] Rhymes: -æːtæː Syllabification(key): sää‧tää Hyphenation(key): sää‧tää === Verb === säätää (transitive) (law) to enact; prescribe, ordain, decree (mechanics) to adjust, regulate, tune, control (colloquial) to do (something time-consuming), to muck about ==== Usage notes ==== (enact; prescribe, ordain, decree): In the phase where the motion on enacting an Act is adopted, the verb hyväksyä is used. The verb säätää connotes the whole process starting from the submission of the original legislative motion up to the final vote by which the Parliament approves the motion on enacting an Act. ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== säännös sääntö === Further reading === “säätää”, 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