# laatia
## Finnish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Russian ла́дить (láditʹ), from Old East Slavic ладити (laditi), from Proto-Slavic *laditi, from *lada +‎ *-iti.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈlɑːtiɑˣ/, [ˈlɑ̝ːt̪iɑ̝(ʔ)]
* Rhymes: -ɑːtiɑ
* Hyphenation: laa‧tia

### Verb

laatia
* (transitive) to compose, make, devise, draft (to construct by mental labor; to think up, especially something expressed in text)
    Puhuja laati puheensa edeltävällä viikolla.The orator composed his speech over the week prior.
    Olen laatinut suunnitelman/luonnoksen.I have made a plan/draft.

#### Synonyms

* tehdä

#### Derived terms

* laadinta
* laadituttaa
* laatija
* laatiminen

#### See also

* säveltää (“to compose (music)”)

### Further reading

* “laatia”, 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 2023-07-02

### Anagrams

* laitaa

## Ingrian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Russian ладить (laditʹ). Compare Finnish laatia and Karelian luatie.

### Pronunciation

* (Ala-Laukaa) IPA: /ˈlɑːtiɑ/, [ˈɫɑːtʲe̞]
* (Soikkola) IPA: /ˈlɑːtiɑ/, [ˈɫɑːtiɑ]
* Rhymes: -ɑːteː, -ɑːtiɑ
* Hyphenation: laa‧ti‧a

### Verb

laatia
* (transitive) to make
** 1936, N. A. Iljin and V. I. Junus, Bukvari iƶoroin șkouluja vart, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 47:Mis kyntämättä oli maa, se uuvveks pelloks laahitaa.Where the land was without ploughing, it is made into a new field.
** 1936, D. I. Efimov, Lukukirja: Inkeroisia alkușkouluja vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 11:Jokkiis ja järviis siltoja laatiit.In the rivers and the lakes they're building bridges.
* (transitive) to repair
* (transitive) to make up; to compose
** 1936, V. I. Junus, Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 3:Iƶorat laatiit kansan, kumpa keelen poolest kuuluu läns-fenniläisiin kansoin gruppaa ja sil viisii i iƶoroin keeli kuuluu läns-fenniläisee keelisisteemaa.The Ingrians make up a people, that based on their language belongs to the group of Finnic peoples and as such the language of Ingrians also belongs to the Finnic language family.
* (transitive) to put; to place
** 1936, N. A. Iljin and V. I. Junus, Bukvari iƶoroin șkouluja vart, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 58:Partalle Mișa șașkat laatii. Sașa șahmatat.Miša puts checkers on the school desk. Saša chess.
* (transitive) to add, to supply
** 1937, D. I. Efimov, Lukukirja: Inkeroisia alkușkouluja vart (toin osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 45:Meijen kyläs laahittii elektricestva.Our village was laid with electricity.(literally, “In our village electricity was added.”)
* (intransitive) to chatter; to talk

#### Conjugation

This verb is slightly irregular: In order to avoid the vowel cluster -aai-, the consonant -h- is inserted.

#### Synonyms

* (to make): tehä, valmistaa, laittaa
* (to talk): läätä

#### Derived terms

* laatihua
* laatiissa

### References

* Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 256