# vastata
## Estonian
### Verb

vastata
* Da-infinitive of vastama.

## Finnish
### Etymology

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).

### Pronunciation

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

### Verb

vastata
* (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!
* (intransitive) to react, counter, respond [with adessive ‘with’ and illative ‘to’] (to take action in response to)
* (transitive, usually atelic) to correspond to, be similar to, be equivalent to
    Ne eivät vastaa toisiaan.They're not equivalent.
* (intransitive) to be responsible or liable [with elative ‘for’]
    Afrikassa naiset vastaavat maanviljelystä.In Africa, women are responsible for farming.
* (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.
* (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.

#### Synonyms

* (to be in charge): olla vastuussa

#### Derived terms

* vastaamaton
* vastaava
* vastaaja
* vastaaminen
* vastaus
* vaste
* vastike
* vastuu
* vastailla

### References

* ↑ Lauri Hakulinen (1955) “Suomen kielen käännöslainoista”, in Virittäjä‎ (in Finnish), volume 59, number 4, Kotikielen Seura, pages 305–318

### Further reading

* “vastata”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (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

### Anagrams

* satavat, tavasta, vastaat

## Karelian
### Etymology

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

### Verb

vastata
* to answer

## Latin
### Participle

vāstāta
* inflection of vāstātus:
** nominative/vocative feminine singular
** nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

### Participle

vāstātā
* ablative feminine singular of vāstātus

## Ludian
### Etymology

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

### Verb

vastata
* to answer

## Veps
### Etymology

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

### Verb

vastata
* to answer
* to meet

#### Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

### References

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