laskea

From Proto-Finnic *laskedak, from Proto-Uralic *laćke- ~ *laśke-. Cognates include Erzya ластямс (lasťams, “to saddle”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɑskeɑˣ/, [ˈlɑs̠ke̞ɑ(ʔ)]
• Rhymes: -ɑskeɑ
• Syllabification^(key): las‧ke‧a

laskea

1. (transitive) to lower, drop
2. (transitive) to put down, set down, lay down, lay
3. (transitive, in phrasal verbs) to let

   laskea sisään ― to let in

   laskea ulos ― to let out

   laskea karkuun ― to let escape

   laskea menemään ― to let go (concretely; not in the sense "to dismiss/give notice to/fire")

   laskea irti ― to let loose

4. (transitive) to (let) run, (let) flow

   laskea vettä hanasta ― to run water from the tap

5. (transitive) to count, tally (the number of something)
6. (transitive) to count (enumerate numbers)

   Laske yhdestä kymmeneen.

   Count from one to ten.

7. (transitive) to calculate, figure
8. (transitive) to lower, decrease, bring down (e.g. prices or the amount of something)
9. (transitive) to find, consider (+ translative)

   Lasken sen eduksi.

   I consider it an advantage.

10. (intransitive) to fall, drop, come down
11. (intransitive) to lower, decrease, come down (e.g. prices or the amount of something)
12. (intransitive, e.g. of a road or hill) to slope down, descend, drop off
13. (intransitive) to slide down (by using some vehicle or instrument)

    laskea kelkalla mäkeä ― to slide downhill with a sled

    laskea suksilla mäkeä ― to ski downhill

14. (intransitive, of a river) to flow to a larger body of water

    Mississippi laskee Meksikon lahteen.

    The Mississippi flows into the Gulf of Mexico.

15. (intransitive, of the Sun) to set
16. (transitive, fishing) to set

    laskea verkko ― to set the fishnet

17. (nautical) to bear down, bear away (to sail away from the wind)
18. (nautical, of wind) to veer

• (to let in/out/escape/go/loose): päästää
• (to release, put into circulation, issue): saattaa (also with adverbs or verbs)
• (to calculate, figure): laskelmoida
• (to find, consider): pitää (+ partitive + essive)
• (to slope down, descend, drop off): viettää (alas)
• (to slide): liukua
• (to flow): virrata
• (to bear down): laskea tuuleen, fallata, fellata

• (to slope down, descend, drop off): nousta, kohota

• laskea liikkeelle, laskea liikkeeseen
• nouns: laskelma, laskenta, laskento, laskin, laskos, lasku, oletus
• verbs: frequentative laskeskella, causative laskettaa, reflexive laskeutua

• elaska, kalsea