/ˈsɑtɑːˣ/, [ˈs̠ɑ̝t̪ɑ̝ː(ʔ)]
AlkuperäFrom Proto-Finnic *satadak (“to fall”), from Proto-Uralic *śada-, possibly from Indo-Iranian.
- to precipitate (to have water in the air fall to the ground): to rain, snow, sleet, hail
“sataa kaatamalla” — to rain cats and dogs
“Sataa (vettä).” — It's raining.
“Huomenna sataa, mutta emme tiedä, tuleeko se vetenä vai lumena.” — It will precipitate tomorrow, but we don't know whether as rain or snow.
- also, figurativelyto rain (fall down from the sky like rain)
“Minä menen ulos, vaikka (taivaalta) sataisi puukkoja!” — I'm going out even if it's raining knives!
- form-of, partitive, singularpartitive singular of sata
“sata, kaksisataa, kolmesataa...” — one hundred, two hundred, three hundred...
“Hän yrittää hoitaa sataa asiaa samanaikaisesti.” — She's trying to manage a hundred things at the same time.
Muodotsadan(first-person, indicative, present, singular) · en sada(first-person, indicative, negative, present, singular) · olen satanut(first-person, indicative, perfect, singular) · en ole satanut(first-person, indicative, negative, perfect, singular) · sadat(indicative, present, second-person, singular) · et sada(indicative, negative, present, second-person, singular) · olet satanut(indicative, perfect, second-person, singular) · et ole satanut(indicative, negative, perfect, second-person, singular) · sataa(indicative, present, singular, third-person) · ei sada(indicative, negative, present, singular, third-person) · on satanut(indicative, perfect, singular, third-person) · ei ole satanut(indicative, negative, perfect, singular, third-person) · sadamme(first-person, indicative, plural, present) · emme sada(first-person, indicative, negative, plural, present) · olemme sataneet(first-person, indicative, perfect, plural) · emme ole sataneet(first-person, indicative, negative, perfect, plural) · sadatte(indicative, plural, present, second-person) · ette sada(indicative, negative, plural, present, second-person) · olette sataneet(indicative, perfect, plural, second-person) · ette ole sataneet(indicative, negative, perfect, plural, second-person)