/ˈlɑskeɑˣ/, [ˈlɑ̝s̠k̟e̞ɑ̝(ʔ)]
- transitiveto lower, move down
- transitiveto put down, set down, lay down, lay
“laskea verkko” — to set the fishnet
“laskea putki” — to lay down a pipe
“laskea vesille” — to launch (a watercraft)
- figuratively, transitiveto lower, decrease, bring down (e.g. prices or the amount of something) (atelic without a target)
- intransitiveto slope down, descend, drop off
- intransitiveto slide down (by using some vehicle or instrument)
“laskea kelkalla mäkeä” — to slide downhill with a sled
“laskea suksilla mäkeä” — to ski downhill
- intransitiveto set (go below the horizon)
- intransitiveto flow to a larger body of water
“Mississippi laskee Meksikon lahteen.” — The Mississippi flows into the Gulf of Mexico.
- intransitiveto bear down, bear away (to sail away from the wind)
- intransitiveto veer (shift in a clockwise direction)
- figuratively, intransitiveto lower, decrease, come down (e.g. prices or the amount of something)
- transitiveto let (now mostly confined to fixed phrases and the more specific subsenses)
“laskea sisään” — to let in
“laskea ulos” — to let out
“laskea karkuun” — to let escape
- transitiveto (let) run, (let) flow, draw (off)
“laskea vettä hanasta” — to run water from the tap
- transitiveto let out, issue, release (often with liikkeelle or liikkeeseen)
- transitiveto let out (of one's mouth), let flow
“laskea leikkiä” — to joke, kid
- transitiveto count, tally (the number of something)
- transitiveto count (enumerate numbers)
“Laske yhdestä kymmeneen.” — Count from one to ten.
- transitiveto calculate, compute
- transitiveto calculate, figure, estimate
- figuratively, transitiveto find, consider
“Lasken sen eduksi.” — I consider it an advantage.
Muodotlasken(first-person, indicative, present, singular) · en laske(first-person, indicative, negative, present, singular) · olen laskenut(first-person, indicative, perfect, singular) · en ole laskenut(first-person, indicative, negative, perfect, singular) · lasket(indicative, present, second-person, singular) · et laske(indicative, negative, present, second-person, singular) · olet laskenut(indicative, perfect, second-person, singular) · et ole laskenut(indicative, negative, perfect, second-person, singular) · laskee(indicative, present, singular, third-person) · ei laske(indicative, negative, present, singular, third-person) · on laskenut(indicative, perfect, singular, third-person) · ei ole laskenut(indicative, negative, perfect, singular, third-person) · laskemme(first-person, indicative, plural, present) · emme laske(first-person, indicative, negative, plural, present) · olemme laskeneet(first-person, indicative, perfect, plural) · emme ole laskeneet(first-person, indicative, negative, perfect, plural) · laskette(indicative, plural, present, second-person) · ette laske(indicative, negative, plural, present, second-person) · olette laskeneet(indicative, perfect, plural, second-person) · ette ole laskeneet(indicative, negative, perfect, plural, second-person)