lakata
Finnish
(index la)
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: la‧ka‧ta
- Rhymes: -ɑkɑtɑ
- IPA(key): [ˈlɑkɑtɑ(ʔ)]
Etymology 1
From Proto-Germanic *laka-, cf. English lack in the sense of running out of something or ceasing to possess something.
Verb
lakata(intransitive)
- to cease, come to an end, end, stop, finish
- Aloin menestyä heti, kun lakkasin tekemästä kompromisseja.
- I became successful as soon as I stopped making compromises.
- Aloin menestyä heti, kun lakkasin tekemästä kompromisseja.
Conjugation
| Inflection of lakata (Kotus type 73/salata, kk-k gradation) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indicative mood | ||||||
| present tense | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | lakkaan | en lakkaa | 1st sing. | olen lakannut | en ole lakannut | |
| 2nd sing. | lakkaat | et lakkaa | 2nd sing. | olet lakannut | et ole lakannut | |
| 3rd sing. | lakkaa | ei lakkaa | 3rd sing. | on lakannut | ei ole lakannut | |
| 1st plur. | lakkaamme | emme lakkaa | 1st plur. | olemme lakanneet | emme ole lakanneet | |
| 2nd plur. | lakkaatte | ette lakkaa | 2nd plur. | olette lakanneet | ette ole lakanneet | |
| 3rd plur. | lakkaavat | eivät lakkaa | 3rd plur. | ovat lakanneet | eivät ole lakanneet | |
| passive | lakataan | ei lakata | passive | on lakattu | ei ole lakattu | |
| past tense | pluperfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | lakkasin | en lakannut | 1st sing. | olin lakannut | en ollut lakannut | |
| 2nd sing. | lakkasit | et lakannut | 2nd sing. | olit lakannut | et ollut lakannut | |
| 3rd sing. | lakkasi | ei lakannut | 3rd sing. | oli lakannut | ei ollut lakannut | |
| 1st plur. | lakkasimme | emme lakanneet | 1st plur. | olimme lakanneet | emme olleet lakanneet | |
| 2nd plur. | lakkasitte | ette lakanneet | 2nd plur. | olitte lakanneet | ette olleet lakanneet | |
| 3rd plur. | lakkasivat | eivät lakanneet | 3rd plur. | olivat lakanneet | eivät olleet lakanneet | |
| passive | lakattiin | ei lakattu | passive | oli lakattu | ei ollut lakattu | |
| conditional mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | lakkaisin | en lakkaisi | 1st sing. | olisin lakannut | en olisi lakannut | |
| 2nd sing. | lakkaisit | et lakkaisi | 2nd sing. | olisit lakannut | et olisi lakannut | |
| 3rd sing. | lakkaisi | ei lakkaisi | 3rd sing. | olisi lakannut | ei olisi lakannut | |
| 1st plur. | lakkaisimme | emme lakkaisi | 1st plur. | olisimme lakanneet | emme olisi lakanneet | |
| 2nd plur. | lakkaisitte | ette lakkaisi | 2nd plur. | olisitte lakanneet | ette olisi lakanneet | |
| 3rd plur. | lakkaisivat | eivät lakkaisi | 3rd plur. | olisivat lakanneet | eivät olisi lakanneet | |
| passive | lakattaisiin | ei lakattaisi | passive | olisi lakattu | ei olisi lakattu | |
| imperative mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | — | — | 1st sing. | — | — | |
| 2nd sing. | lakkaa | älä lakkaa | 2nd sing. | ole lakannut | älä ole lakannut | |
| 3rd sing. | lakatkoon | älköön lakatko | 3rd sing. | olkoon lakannut | älköön olko lakannut | |
| 1st plur. | lakatkaamme | älkäämme lakatko | 1st plur. | olkaamme lakanneet | älkäämme olko lakanneet | |
| 2nd plur. | lakatkaa | älkää lakatko | 2nd plur. | olkaa lakanneet | älkää olko lakanneet | |
| 3rd plur. | lakatkoot | älkööt lakatko | 3rd plur. | olkoot lakanneet | älkööt olko lakanneet | |
| passive | lakattakoon | älköön lakattako | passive | olkoon lakattu | älköön olko lakattu | |
| potential mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | lakannen | en lakanne | 1st sing. | lienen lakannut | en liene lakannut | |
| 2nd sing. | lakannet | et lakanne | 2nd sing. | lienet lakannut | et liene lakannut | |
| 3rd sing. | lakannee | ei lakanne | 3rd sing. | lienee lakannut | ei liene lakannut | |
| 1st plur. | lakannemme | emme lakanne | 1st plur. | lienemme lakanneet | emme liene lakanneet | |
| 2nd plur. | lakannette | ette lakanne | 2nd plur. | lienette lakanneet | ette liene lakanneet | |
| 3rd plur. | lakannevat | eivät lakanne | 3rd plur. | lienevät lakanneet | eivät liene lakanneet | |
| passive | lakattaneen | ei lakattane | passive | lienee lakattu | ei liene lakattu | |
| Nominal forms | ||||||
| infinitives | participles | |||||
| active | passive | active | passive | |||
| 1st | lakata | present | lakkaava | lakattava | ||
| long 1st2 | lakatakseen | past | lakannut | lakattu | ||
| 2nd | inessive1 | lakatessa | lakattaessa | agent1, 3 | lakkaama | |
| instructive | lakaten | — | negative | lakkaamaton | ||
| 3rd | inessive | lakkaamassa | — | 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 | lakkaamasta | — | ||||
| illative | lakkaamaan | — | ||||
| adessive | lakkaamalla | — | ||||
| abessive | lakkaamatta | — | ||||
| instructive | lakkaaman | lakattaman | ||||
| 4th | nominative | lakkaaminen | ||||
| partitive | lakkaamista | |||||
| 5th2 | lakkaamaisillaan | |||||
Synonyms
- (to cease, stop, come to an end): loppua, päättyä, herjetä
Derived terms
- verbs: causative, transitive lakkauttaa
Related terms
- lakko
Etymology 2
From lakka (“lacquer, varnish”) >
Verb
lakata(transitive, intransitive)
- to varnish, lacquer
- to shellac (to coat with shellac)
Usage notes
- (to shellac): If one wants to point out that the coating has been done with shellac and not just with any varnish, the expressions käsitellä / lakata sellakalla may be used.
Related terms
- lakka
Anagrams
- Takala, akalta, atk-ala, kaalta, katala, taklaa