# avata
## Estonian
### Noun

avata
* abessive singular of ava

## Finnish
### Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *avait'ak, derived from Proto-Finno-Ugric *aŋa-. Cognates include Veps avaita, Votic avatõ, Estonian avama, Erzya анксема (ankśema, “ice hole”), автемс (avťems, “to open”) (from *aŋta-), Northern Mansi [script needed] (āŋkwi, “to open, to take off, to skin”), Northern Khanty эӈкта (eṇkta, “to open, to take off, to unfasten”) and Hungarian old (“to solve, to untie”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɑʋɑtɑˣ/, [ˈɑ̝ʋɑ̝t̪ɑ̝(ʔ)]
* Rhymes: -ɑʋɑtɑ
* Hyphenation: ava‧ta

### Verb

avata
* (transitive) to open [with allative ‘for’]
    Avasin sipsipussin.I opened a bag of chips.
    Avasin oven.I opened the door.
** (transitive) Covers a wide variety of English verbs beginning with un-, dis- or de-: to unwrap, unlock, unfasten, untie, undo, unbutton, unhook, unstrap, unbuckle, uncork, disenchant, disentangle
    Avasin oven lukon.I unlocked the door.
    Avasin kengännauhani.I untied my shoelaces.
    Avasin paitani.I unbuttoned my shirt.
* (transitive) to open, open up, establish, inaugurate
    Leipomo avattiin lähelle kotiani.A bakery was established close to my home.
* (transitive) to turn on, switch on
    Avasin television.I switched on the television.
* (transitive, usually atelic, figurative) to open up about, explain, describe in more detail, clarify

#### Derived terms

* avata tuli
* avaamaton
* avaaja
* avaaminen
* avain
* avajaiset
* avanne
* avanto
* avauma
* avaus
* availla
* avauttaa
* avautua

#### Related terms

* avara
* aueta
* avautua
* auki
* avo-
* avoin
* avokas
* ? avio

### References

* Häkkinen, Kaisa (2013). Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja. Helsinki: Sanoma Pro OY. →ISBN.
* ↑ Junttila, Santeri, Kallio, Petri, Holopainen, Sampsa, Kuokkala, Juha, Pystynen, Juho, editors (2020–), “ava”, in Suomen vanhimman sanaston etymologinen verkkosanakirja‎ (in Finnish), retrieved 2024-01-01

### Further reading

* “avata”, 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

* Taava, aavat, avaat, tavaa, vaata

## Ingrian
### Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *avait'ak, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *aŋa-. Cognates include Finnish avata and Karelian avata.

### Pronunciation

* (Ala-Laukaa) IPA: /ˈɑʋɑtɑ/, [ˈɑʋɑt]
* (Soikkola) IPA: /ˈɑʋɑtɑ/, [ˈɑʋɑd̥ɑ]
* (Hevaha) IPA: /ˈɑʋɑtɑk/, [ˈɑʋɑd̥ɑɡ̊]
* Rhymes: -ɑʋɑt, -ɑʋɑtɑ
* Hyphenation: a‧va‧ta

### Verb

avata
* (transitive) to open
** 1936, N. A. Iljin and V. I. Junus, Bukvari iƶoroin șkouluja vart, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva:Avvaa ikkuna!Open the window!
* (transitive) to unbuckle, unzip, unbutton

#### Derived terms

* avaella
* avahua
* avattu
* avvain

### References

* Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 23
* Arvo Laanest (1997) Isuri keele Hevaha murde sõnastik, Eesti Keele Instituut, page 22
* Olga I. Konkova, Nikita A. Dyachkov (2014) Inkeroin Keel: Пособие по Ижорскому Языку‎, →ISBN, page 81

## Karelian

Regional variants of avata :
| North Karelian (Viena) | avata |
| South Karelian (Tver) | avata |

### Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *avait'ak. Cognates include Finnish avata and Veps avaita.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɑʋɑtɑ/
* Hyphenation: ava‧ta

### Verb

avata
* (transitive) to open
* (transitive) to unlock

#### Conjugation

This entry needs an inflection-table template.

### References

* A. V. Punzhina (1994) “avata”, in Словарь карельского языка (тверские говоры) [Dictionary of the Karelian language (Tver dialects)], →ISBN
* P. Zaykov, L. Rugoyeva (1999) “avata”, in Карельско-Русский словарь (Северно-Карельские диалекты) [Karelian-Russian dictionary (North Karelian dialects)], Petrozavodsk, →ISBN

## Livvi
### Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *avait'ak. Cognates include Finnish avata and Estonian avada.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɑʋɑtɑ/
* Hyphenation: a‧va‧ta
* Rhymes: -ɑʋɑtɑ

### Verb

avata
* (transitive) to open
* (transitive) to unbuckle
* (transitive) to declassify

#### Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

#### Derived terms

* (nouns):
* avain

### References

* Tatjana Boiko (2019) Suuri Karjal-Venʹalaine Sanakniigu (livvin murreh) [The Big Karelian-Russian dictionary (Livvi dialect)], 2nd edition, →ISBN, page 23

## Swahili
### Etymology

Borrowed from English avatar.

### Pronunciation

* Audio (Kenya):(file)

### Noun

avata class IX (plural avata class X)
* avatar