valita

== Finnish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈʋɑlitɑˣ/, [ˈʋɑ̝lit̪ɑ̝(ʔ)] Rhymes: -ɑlitɑ Syllabification(key): va‧li‧ta Hyphenation(key): va‧li‧ta === Etymology 1 === From Proto-Finnic *valit'ak (compare Estonian valima, Karelian valita, Veps valita, Võro valima, valitsõma, Votic valittsa), borrowed from Proto-Germanic *waljaną and further derived with +‎ -ita. ==== Verb ==== valita (transitive) to choose, select [with translative ‘as, into the position of’] Valitse yksi vaihtoehdoista. ― Choose one of the options. (transitive) to elect, choose [with translative ‘as, into the position of’; or with illative of third infinitive ‘to do’] (into a position of power) Kuka valittiin presidentiksi? ― Who was elected president? ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Derived terms ===== ===== See also ===== vaali ==== Further reading ==== “valita”, 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 1 July 2023 === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== valita inflection of valittaa: present active indicative connegative second-person singular present imperative second-person singular present active imperative connegative === Anagrams === Latvia, laivat, latvia, taival, talvia, tilava, vaalit == Ingrian == === Etymology === From Proto-Finnic *valit'ak. Cognates include Finnish valita and Estonian valida. === Pronunciation === (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈʋɑlitɑ/, [ˈʋɑlʲiˑt] (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈʋɑlitɑ/, [ˈʋɑliˑd̥ɑ] Rhymes: -ɑlit, -ɑlitɑ Hyphenation: va‧li‧ta === Verb === valita (transitive) to select; to pick (transitive) to elect; to choose ==== Conjugation ==== === References === Ruben E. Nirvi (1971), Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 635 == Veps == === Etymology === From Proto-Finnic *valit'ak. === Verb === valita to choose, to select, to pick out to vote, to elect ==== Inflection ==== ==== Derived terms ==== valičii === References === Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007), “выбирать, избирать, отбирать, подбирать, разбирать”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎[2], Petrozavodsk: Periodika