väittää

== Finnish == === Etymology === From Proto-Finnic *vägittädäk, equivalent to vä(k)i- (“force”) +‎ -ittää. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈʋæi̯tːæːˣ/, [ˈʋæi̯t̪ːæː(ʔ)] Rhymes: -æitːæː Syllabification(key): väit‧tää Hyphenation(key): väit‧tää === Verb === väittää (intransitive or transitive, usually atelic) to claim, contend, assert, argue, maintain, allege [(with nominals) with translative; or (with verbs) with genitive or possessive form of present or past active participle ‘to do/have done’] to plead, allege, claim, maintain (to offer by way of excuse) Synonyms: sanoa, selittää (logic) to predicate (assert or state as an attribute or quality of something) ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Estonian: väitma === Further reading === “väittää”, 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 4 July 2023 == Ingrian == === Etymology === From Proto-Finnic *vägittädäk. Cognates include Finnish väittää (“to alledge”) and Estonian väita (“to alledge”). === Pronunciation === (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈʋæi̯tːæː/, [ˈʋæi̯tːæ] (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈʋæi̯tːæː/, [ˈʋæi̯tːæː] Rhymes: -æi̯tːæː Hyphenation: väit‧tää === Verb === väittää (transitive) to pull (transitive) to bring by driving ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Synonyms ==== (to pull): vettää, veittää, temmata, tempoa === References === Ruben E. Nirvi (1971), Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 683