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staa Staa stå -stää Finnish Etymology 1 fi captative fi -taa -taa/-tää with an additional -s- extracted from nominal stems, in particular probably influenced by the verbs fi pyydystää to capture and fi saalistaa to prey (from the nouns fi pyydys and fi saalis, respectively). Suffix verb stää sta Forms captative verbs, i.e. verbs for hunting or catching animals or picking plants. fi kala fish kalastaa to fish fi rapu crab ravustaa to catch crabs fi metsä forest -stää metsästää to hunt fi marja berry marjastaa to pick berries Conjugation -st a Derived terms fi captative References Etymology 2 fi -istaa See fi -istaa. Suffix verb stää sta fi Allomorph -istaa, particularly used after labial vowels. fi into zeal innostaa to inspire fi apu help avustaa to help Conjugation -st a Derived terms fi -istaa fi -stua Anagrams fi aast Asta saat sata taas tasa Ingrian Etymology 1 Re-extracted form of izh -taa after nominals ending in -s. Akin to fi -staa. Pronunciation Suffix -stää izh captative Used to form captative verbs. izh kala fish kalastaa to fish Conjugation st ss Derived terms izh captative Etymology 2 From the third-person possessive form of izh -st adverbialiser. Akin to fi -staan. Pronunciation Suffix -stää izh adverb Used to form adverbs, often related to time. izh äkki abrupt äkkistää suddenly Derived terms izh adverb Etymology 3 Pronunciation Suffix -stää izh -istaa izh -istaa Conjugation st ss Derived terms izh -istaa Etymology 4 Pronunciation Suffix -stää izh -st izh -st 3 sg poss