tavata

tavata

1. abessive singular of tava

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɑʋɑtɑˣ/, [ˈt̪ɑ̝ʋɑ̝t̪ɑ̝(ʔ)]
• Rhymes: -ɑʋɑtɑ
• Syllabification^(key): ta‧va‧ta

From Proto-Finnic *tabat'ak, probably borrowed from Proto-Germanic *dabaną. Cognate to Ingrian tavata, Karelian tavata, Votic tavatõ, Estonian tabama, Ludian tabada, Livonian ta'bbõ (“to guess, to solve a riddle”).[1] Alternatively, sometimes compared with Erzya тавадомс (tavadoms), Udmurt тупаны (tupany, “to fit”), Komi-Zyrian топӧдны (topödny, “to squeeze, to combine, to join”), Hungarian tapad (“to cling, stick”), tapaszt (“to stick, to plaster”).

tavata

1. (transitive) to meet (come face to face with)

   Tapaan hänet teatterin edessä.

   I'll meet him/her in front of the theater.

2. (transitive) to meet (come together in conflict)

   Synonym: kohdata

   tavata vastustajansa ― to meet one's opponent

3. to meet up (to meet by arrangement)

   Kun ensi kerran tulet kaupunkiin, meidän pitäisi tavata jossakin.

   The next time you come in town we should meet up somewhere.

4. (transitive) to encounter

   Synonym: kohdata

   Tapasin karhun metsässä viime kesänä.

   Last summer I encountered a bear in the forest.

   Tavataanko niitä koko maassa?

   Are they found throughout the entire country?

   (literally, “Are they encountered throughout the entire country?”)

5. (transitive) to catch, find (from = elative, doing = elative of the third infinitive)

   Tapasin mieheni taas baarista.

   I caught my husband at the bar again.

   Kun saavuin kotiin, tapasin hänet nukkumasta.

   When I came home, I found him/her asleep.

6. to touch, meet, feel, hit, catch (+ illative/partitive/accusative)

   Synonyms: koskea, osua

   Pää tapaa jatkuvasti kattoon, kun se on niin matala.

   My head keeps touching the ceiling since it's so low.

7. (transitive, usually atelic) to touch, fumble

   Synonyms: hapuilla, hamuilla, tavoitella

   Kuulin oudon äänen juuri kun käteni tapasi ovenkahvaa.

   I heard a strange sound just as my hand touched the door handle.

• (to meet): kohdata
• (to find, to catch): yhdyttää, yhyttää
• (to reach): osua
• (to touch): koskea

• tappaa
• taputtaa

• “1. tavata”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-11-17

Either from the same Germanic source as etymology 1 or from tapa +‎ -ta.

tavata

1. (transitive, auxiliary + first infinitive) to have a habit (of doing something), to usually (do) (something), used to (do) (something) (past tense sense), to tend to be

   Lapsuudessa tapasin syödä aamuisin leipää ja kaakaota.

   I used to have bread and cocoa in the morning in my childhood.

   Meitä tavattiin kutsua onnenlinnuiksi.

   We used to be called lucky birds.

   Tapaan syödä myöhään illalla.

   I tend to eat late in the evening.

• (colloquial) tupata (“to tend (to be in certain manner)”)

• “3. tavata”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-11-17

From Swedish stava (“to spell”).

tavata

1. (transitive) to spell (a word; to pronounce a word letter by letter or syllable by syllable)
2. (transitive) to decipher (to read obscure or almost illegible text)

• “2. tavata”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-11-17

• vatata

From Proto-Finnic *tabat'ak. Cognates include Finnish tavata and Estonian tabada.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈtɑʋɑtɑ/, [ˈtɑʋɑt]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈtɑʋɑtɑ/, [ˈtɑʋɑd̥ɑ]
• Rhymes: -ɑʋɑt, -ɑʋɑtɑ
• Hyphenation: ta‧va‧ta

tavata

1. (transitive) to catch
   • 1885, “Sprachproben: Der goldene Vogel”, in Volmari Porkka, editor, Ueber den Ingrischen Dialekt mit Berücksichtigung der übrigen finnisch-ingermanländischen Dialekte:

     Siit kunigas lähetti vanhemman poikaha vahtii, eik tapajais varasta.

     Then the king sent his oldest son to the guard, so that he could catch the thief.

     (Note: The spelling has been normalised in accordance with the literary Ingrian language.)

2. (transitive) to reach
3. (transitive) to hit, strike (in sports)
4. (auxiliary) to try to; to strive to
5. (auxiliary, verb in past tense) to used to
6. (intransitive, verb in third person indicative, subject in partitive) to be enough
   • 1936, D. I. Efimov, Lukukirja: Inkeroisia alkușkouluja vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 9:

     Linnut talveel saavat hukkaa sen peräst, jot heille ei tappaa rookaa.

     In the winter, the birds pass away because there isn't enough food for them.

• (to catch): pyytää, ottaa kiin, tavata kiin
• (to try to): tavoittaa
• (to used to): tavoittaa

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 577