vastata

vastata

1. Da-infinitive of vastama.

From Proto-Finnic *vastat'ak, equivalent to vasta- (“against”) +‎ -ta.

• (to be responsible for, in charge for, accountable to): Semantic loan from Swedish ansvara, ultimately from French (e.g. responsable).^[1]

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋɑstɑtɑˣ/, [ˈʋɑ̝s̠tɑ̝t̪ɑ̝(ʔ)]
• Rhymes: -ɑstɑtɑ
• Hyphenation^(key): vas‧ta‧ta

vastata

1. (intransitive) to answer, to reply; to respond [with illative ‘(to) something’ or allative ‘(to) someone’, along with adessive ‘with’]

   vastata kysymykseen ― to answer a question

   vastata syytteeseen ― to answer a legal complaint

   vastata puhelimeen ― to answer the phone (to pick up the phone)

   vastata kysymyksellä ― to answer with a question

   Vastaa minulle! ― Answer me!

2. (intransitive) to react, counter, respond [with adessive ‘with’ and illative ‘to’] (to take action in response to)
3. (transitive, usually atelic) to correspond to, be similar to, be equivalent to

   Ne eivät vastaa toisiaan.

   They're not equivalent.

4. (intransitive) to be responsible or liable [with elative ‘for’]

   Afrikassa naiset vastaavat maanviljelystä.

   In Africa, women are responsible for farming.

5. (intransitive) to account to [with allative] (to be accountable or responsible to)

   Hän vastaa isälleen nuorempien sisariensa vahtimisesta.

   She accounts to her father for watching her younger sisters.

6. (intransitive) to be in charge of [with elative] (to have the responsibility of leading or overseeing)

   Hän jätti tyttärensä vastaamaan nuorempien sisariensa vahtimisesta.

   He left his daughter in charge of watching her younger sisters.

• (to be in charge): olla vastuussa

• “vastata”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-04

• satavat, tavasta, vastaat

From Proto-Finnic *vastat'ak, equivalent to vasta +‎ -ta. Related to Finnish vastata.

vastata

1. to answer

vāstāta

1. inflection of vāstātus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

vāstātā

1. ablative feminine singular of vāstātus

From Proto-Finnic *vastat'ak, equivalent to vasta +‎ -ta. Related to Finnish vastata.

vastata

1. to answer

From Proto-Finnic *vastat'ak, equivalent to vasta +‎ -ta. Related to Finnish vastata.

vastata

1. to answer
2. to meet

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

• Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “встречать, отвечать”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎^[3], Petrozavodsk: Periodika