# laskea
## Finnish
### Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *laskëdak, from Proto-Uralic *laćke- ~ *laśke-. Cognates include Erzya ластямс (lasťams, “to saddle”), Moksha ласькомс (laśkoms, “to run”).
* (to lower, drop, put down): Inherited from at least Proto-Finnic.
    → (to bring down, decrease): Figurative development.
* (to go lower, move down, fall, drop): Inherited from at least Proto-Finnic.
    → (to come down, decrease): Figurative development.
* (to let): Inherited from at least Proto-Finnic.
* (to count): Probably developed from "to lower, put down", in reference to putting things down from one's hands one at a time to count them, or alternatively "to let", in reference to letting animals out (e.g. to pasture) one by one to count them. The same sense is also found in the Ingrian and Karelian cognates. Later extended to calculations in general.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈlɑskeɑˣ/, [ˈlɑ̝s̠k̟e̞ɑ̝(ʔ)]
* Rhymes: -ɑskeɑ
* Hyphenation: las‧kea

### Verb

laskea
* (transitive) to lower, move down
    Antonyms: nostaa, kohottaa
** (transitive) to 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)
* (transitive, figuratively) to lower, decrease, bring down (e.g. prices or the amount of something) (atelic without a target)
    Synonyms: alentaa, pienentää, vähentää
    Antonyms: nostaa, kohottaa
* (intransitive) to move down, fall, drop, come down
    Synonym: laskeutua
    Antonyms: nousta, kohota
** (e.g. of a road or hill) to slope down, descend, drop off
    Synonym: viettää alas
** to slide down (by using some vehicle or instrument)
    Synonyms: liukua alas, laskeutua
    laskea kelkalla mäkeä ― to slide downhill with a sled
    laskea suksilla mäkeä ― to ski downhill
** (of the Sun) to set (go below the horizon)
    Antonym: nousta
** (of a river) to flow to a larger body of water
    Synonym: virrata
    Mississippi laskee Meksikon lahteen.The Mississippi flows into the Gulf of Mexico.
** (nautical) to bear down, bear away (to sail away from the wind)
    Synonyms: laskea tuuleen, (slang) fallata, fellata
** (nautical, of wind) to veer (shift in a clockwise direction)
    Antonym: pakata
* (intransitive, figuratively) to lower, decrease, come down (e.g. prices or the amount of something)
    Synonyms: aleta, vähentyä, vähetä
    Antonyms: nousta, kohota
* (transitive) to let (now mostly confined to fixed phrases and the more specific subsenses)
    Synonym: päästää
    laskea sisään ― to let in
    laskea ulos ― to let out
    laskea karkuun ― to let escape
    laskea menemään ― to let go (concretely; not in the sense "to dismiss/give notice to/fire")
    laskea irti ― to let loose
** to (let) run, (let) flow
    Synonyms: valuttaa, päästää
    laskea vettä hanasta ― to run water from the tap
** to let out, issue, release (often with liikkeelle or liikkeeseen)
    Synonyms: saattaa, päästää
** (of speech) to let out (of one's mouth), let flow
    laskea leikkiä ― to joke, kid
* (transitive) to count, tally, calculate
** to count, tally (the number of something)
** to count (enumerate numbers)
    Laske yhdestä kymmeneen.Count from one to ten.
** to calculate, compute
** to calculate, figure, estimate
    Synonym: laskelmoida
** (figurative) to find, consider [with translative]
    Synonym: pitää (+ partitive + essive)
    Lasken sen eduksi.I consider it an advantage.

#### Derived terms

* laskea liikkeelle
* laskea liikkeeseen
* yhteenlaskea
* yhteenlaskettava
* laskematon
* -laskuinen
* laskelma
* laskeminen
* laskenta
* laskento
* laskeuma
* laskiainen
* laskija
* laskimo
* laskin
* lasko
* laskos
* lasku
* laskuri
* laskella
* laskeskella
* laskettaa
* laskeuttaa
* laskeutua

### Further reading

* “laskea”, 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

* elaska, kalsea