kysyä

Finnish

pronunciation
Definitions
  • (intransitive) To ask, inquire/enquire (someone = ablative, about/for/of = elative).
  • (transitive) To ask, inquire/enquire (someone = ablative, about/for/of = partitive).
  • (transitive) To take, require, necessitate, call for.

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Finnic *küsüdäk.

Origin

Proto-Finnic

*küsüdäk

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