Definify.com
Definition 2024
avata
avata
Finnish
(index av)
Verb
avata
- (transitive) To open.
- Avasin sipsipussin.
- I opened a bag of chips.
- Avasin sipsipussin.
- (transitive) To unwrap.
- (transitive) To turn on.
- (transitive) To switch on.
- Avasin television.
- I switched on the television.
- Avasin television.
- (transitive) To unlock.
- Avasin oven.
- I opened the door.
- Avasin oven.
- (transitive) To unfasten.
- (transitive) To untie.
- Avasin kengännauhani.
- I untied my shoelaces.
- Avasin kengännauhani.
- (transitive) To undo.
- (transitive) To unbutton.
- Avasin paitani.
- I unbuttoned my shirt.
- Avasin paitani.
- (transitive) To unhook.
- (transitive) To unstrap.
- (transitive) To unbuckle.
- (transitive) To uncork.
- (transitive) To inaugurate.
- (transitive) To establish.
- Leipomo avattiin lähelle kotiani.
- A bakery was established close to my home.
- Leipomo avattiin lähelle kotiani.
- (transitive) To disenchant.
- (transitive) To disentangle.
Conjugation
| Inflection of avata (Kotus type 73/salata, no gradation) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indicative mood | ||||||
| present tense | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | avaan | en avaa | 1st sing. | olen avannut | en ole avannut | |
| 2nd sing. | avaat | et avaa | 2nd sing. | olet avannut | et ole avannut | |
| 3rd sing. | avaa | ei avaa | 3rd sing. | on avannut | ei ole avannut | |
| 1st plur. | avaamme | emme avaa | 1st plur. | olemme avanneet | emme ole avanneet | |
| 2nd plur. | avaatte | ette avaa | 2nd plur. | olette avanneet | ette ole avanneet | |
| 3rd plur. | avaavat | eivät avaa | 3rd plur. | ovat avanneet | eivät ole avanneet | |
| passive | avataan | ei avata | passive | on avattu | ei ole avattu | |
| past tense | pluperfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | avasin | en avannut | 1st sing. | olin avannut | en ollut avannut | |
| 2nd sing. | avasit | et avannut | 2nd sing. | olit avannut | et ollut avannut | |
| 3rd sing. | avasi | ei avannut | 3rd sing. | oli avannut | ei ollut avannut | |
| 1st plur. | avasimme | emme avanneet | 1st plur. | olimme avanneet | emme olleet avanneet | |
| 2nd plur. | avasitte | ette avanneet | 2nd plur. | olitte avanneet | ette olleet avanneet | |
| 3rd plur. | avasivat | eivät avanneet | 3rd plur. | olivat avanneet | eivät olleet avanneet | |
| passive | avattiin | ei avattu | passive | oli avattu | ei ollut avattu | |
| conditional mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | avaisin | en avaisi | 1st sing. | olisin avannut | en olisi avannut | |
| 2nd sing. | avaisit | et avaisi | 2nd sing. | olisit avannut | et olisi avannut | |
| 3rd sing. | avaisi | ei avaisi | 3rd sing. | olisi avannut | ei olisi avannut | |
| 1st plur. | avaisimme | emme avaisi | 1st plur. | olisimme avanneet | emme olisi avanneet | |
| 2nd plur. | avaisitte | ette avaisi | 2nd plur. | olisitte avanneet | ette olisi avanneet | |
| 3rd plur. | avaisivat | eivät avaisi | 3rd plur. | olisivat avanneet | eivät olisi avanneet | |
| passive | avattaisiin | ei avattaisi | passive | olisi avattu | ei olisi avattu | |
| imperative mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | — | — | 1st sing. | — | — | |
| 2nd sing. | avaa | älä avaa | 2nd sing. | ole avannut | älä ole avannut | |
| 3rd sing. | avatkoon | älköön avatko | 3rd sing. | olkoon avannut | älköön olko avannut | |
| 1st plur. | avatkaamme | älkäämme avatko | 1st plur. | olkaamme avanneet | älkäämme olko avanneet | |
| 2nd plur. | avatkaa | älkää avatko | 2nd plur. | olkaa avanneet | älkää olko avanneet | |
| 3rd plur. | avatkoot | älkööt avatko | 3rd plur. | olkoot avanneet | älkööt olko avanneet | |
| passive | avattakoon | älköön avattako | passive | olkoon avattu | älköön olko avattu | |
| potential mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | avannen | en avanne | 1st sing. | lienen avannut | en liene avannut | |
| 2nd sing. | avannet | et avanne | 2nd sing. | lienet avannut | et liene avannut | |
| 3rd sing. | avannee | ei avanne | 3rd sing. | lienee avannut | ei liene avannut | |
| 1st plur. | avannemme | emme avanne | 1st plur. | lienemme avanneet | emme liene avanneet | |
| 2nd plur. | avannette | ette avanne | 2nd plur. | lienette avanneet | ette liene avanneet | |
| 3rd plur. | avannevat | eivät avanne | 3rd plur. | lienevät avanneet | eivät liene avanneet | |
| passive | avattaneen | ei avattane | passive | lienee avattu | ei liene avattu | |
| Nominal forms | ||||||
| infinitives | participles | |||||
| active | passive | active | passive | |||
| 1st | avata | present | avaava | avattava | ||
| long 1st2 | avatakseen | past | avannut | avattu | ||
| 2nd | inessive1 | avatessa | avattaessa | agent1, 3 | avaama | |
| instructive | avaten | — | negative | avaamaton | ||
| 3rd | inessive | avaamassa | — | 1) Usually with a possessive suffix. 2) Used only with a possessive suffix; this is the form for the third-person singular and third-person plural. |
||
| elative | avaamasta | — | ||||
| illative | avaamaan | — | ||||
| adessive | avaamalla | — | ||||
| abessive | avaamatta | — | ||||
| instructive | avaaman | avattaman | ||||
| 4th | nominative | avaaminen | ||||
| partitive | avaamista | |||||
| 5th2 | avaamaisillaan | |||||
Derived terms
- nouns: avaaja, avain, avajaiset, avanne, avanto, avaus
- verbs: frequentatives aukoa, availla; momentane aukaista; reflexive avautua
- phrasal verbs: avata tuli
Related terms
Anagrams
References
- Häkkinen, Kaisa (2013). Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja. Helsinki: Sanoma Pro OY. ISBN 978-952-63-1686-4.