ojentaa

Finnish

Etymology 1

oikea +‎ -ntaa.^[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈojentɑːˣ/, [ˈo̞je̞n̪t̪ɑ̝ː(ʔ)]
• Rhymes: -ojentɑː
• Syllabification^(key): o‧jen‧taa

Verb

ojentaa (transitive)

1. to reach out; usually with käsi (“hand”) (to extend one's hand(s) forward)

   Hän ojensi kätensä ottaakseen kiinni putoavan lumihiutaleen.

   He reached out to catch the falling snowflake.

2. to stretch out, reach (to fully extend a part of the body)

   Ojenna käsivartesi pääsi yläpuolelle.

   Stretch your arms out above your head.

3. to extend, project, jut, jut out (to extend a protrusion or appendage outward)

   ojentaa kätensä ― to extend one's arm

4. to reach, hand out (to give by stretching out)

   Tehtäväni oli ojentaa esitteitä ohikulkijoille.

   My job was to hand out brochures to the passers-by.

5. to hand, give, reach, pass (to give, pass or transmit with the hand)

   oikea ojentaa, vasen vastaanottaa (folk wisdom) ― if your right palm tickles, you will lose something; if your left palm tickles, you will get something (literally, “the right [hand] hands out, the left [hand] gets”)

   Ojentaisitko tämän laatikon tikapuilla olevalle miehelle?

   Can you pass up this box to the guy on the ladder?

6. to present, bestow (to present a thing as a gift or honour)

   ojentaa palkinto ― to present a prize

7. to lend, in the expressions lend a hand, lend a helping hand

   ojentaa auttava käsi

   to lend a helping hand

8. to reprimand, lambaste, chastise, berate, scold, tell off, chew out (to criticize harshly)

   Opettaja ojensi oppilaitaan.

   The teacher scolded her pupils.

   Kersantti ojensi alokkaita päivittäin.

   The sergeant lambasted the new recruits daily.

9. to chastise (to punish with corporal punishment)

   Synonyms: kurittaa, rangaista ruumiillisesti

10. (military) more commonly laittaa ojennukseen, to dress (to arrange in exact continuity of line, as soldiers)

Conjugation

Inflection of ojentaa (Kotus type 54*J/huutaa, nt-nn gradation)
indicative mood
present tense				perfect
person		positive	negative	person	positive	negative
1st sing.		ojennan	en ojenna	1st sing.	olen ojentanut	en ole ojentanut
2nd sing.		ojennat	et ojenna	2nd sing.	olet ojentanut	et ole ojentanut
3rd sing.		ojentaa	ei ojenna	3rd sing.	on ojentanut	ei ole ojentanut
1st plur.		ojennamme	emme ojenna	1st plur.	olemme ojentaneet	emme ole ojentaneet
2nd plur.		ojennatte	ette ojenna	2nd plur.	olette ojentaneet	ette ole ojentaneet
3rd plur.		ojentavat	eivät ojenna	3rd plur.	ovat ojentaneet	eivät ole ojentaneet
passive		ojennetaan	ei ojenneta	passive	on ojennettu	ei ole ojennettu
past tense				pluperfect
person		positive	negative	person	positive	negative
1st sing.		ojensin	en ojentanut	1st sing.	olin ojentanut	en ollut ojentanut
2nd sing.		ojensit	et ojentanut	2nd sing.	olit ojentanut	et ollut ojentanut
3rd sing.		ojensi	ei ojentanut	3rd sing.	oli ojentanut	ei ollut ojentanut
1st plur.		ojensimme	emme ojentaneet	1st plur.	olimme ojentaneet	emme olleet ojentaneet
2nd plur.		ojensitte	ette ojentaneet	2nd plur.	olitte ojentaneet	ette olleet ojentaneet
3rd plur.		ojensivat	eivät ojentaneet	3rd plur.	olivat ojentaneet	eivät olleet ojentaneet
passive		ojennettiin	ei ojennettu	passive	oli ojennettu	ei ollut ojennettu
conditional mood
present				perfect
person		positive	negative	person	positive	negative
1st sing.		ojentaisin	en ojentaisi	1st sing.	olisin ojentanut	en olisi ojentanut
2nd sing.		ojentaisit	et ojentaisi	2nd sing.	olisit ojentanut	et olisi ojentanut
3rd sing.		ojentaisi	ei ojentaisi	3rd sing.	olisi ojentanut	ei olisi ojentanut
1st plur.		ojentaisimme	emme ojentaisi	1st plur.	olisimme ojentaneet	emme olisi ojentaneet
2nd plur.		ojentaisitte	ette ojentaisi	2nd plur.	olisitte ojentaneet	ette olisi ojentaneet
3rd plur.		ojentaisivat	eivät ojentaisi	3rd plur.	olisivat ojentaneet	eivät olisi ojentaneet
passive		ojennettaisiin	ei ojennettaisi	passive	olisi ojennettu	ei olisi ojennettu
imperative mood
present				perfect
person		positive	negative	person	positive	negative
1st sing.		—	—	1st sing.	—	—
2nd sing.		ojenna	älä ojenna	2nd sing.	—	—
3rd sing.		ojentakoon	älköön ojentako	3rd sing.	olkoon ojentanut	älköön olko ojentanut
1st plur.		ojentakaamme	älkäämme ojentako	1st plur.	—	—
2nd plur.		ojentakaa	älkää ojentako	2nd plur.	—	—
3rd plur.		ojentakoot	älkööt ojentako	3rd plur.	olkoot ojentaneet	älkööt olko ojentaneet
passive		ojennettakoon	älköön ojennettako	passive	olkoon ojennettu	älköön olko ojennettu
potential mood
present				perfect
person		positive	negative	person	positive	negative
1st sing.		ojentanen	en ojentane	1st sing.	lienen ojentanut	en liene ojentanut
2nd sing.		ojentanet	et ojentane	2nd sing.	lienet ojentanut	et liene ojentanut
3rd sing.		ojentanee	ei ojentane	3rd sing.	lienee ojentanut	ei liene ojentanut
1st plur.		ojentanemme	emme ojentane	1st plur.	lienemme ojentaneet	emme liene ojentaneet
2nd plur.		ojentanette	ette ojentane	2nd plur.	lienette ojentaneet	ette liene ojentaneet
3rd plur.		ojentanevat	eivät ojentane	3rd plur.	lienevät ojentaneet	eivät liene ojentaneet
passive		ojennettaneen	ei ojennettane	passive	lienee ojennettu	ei liene ojennettu
Nominal forms
infinitives				participles
		active	passive		active	passive
1st		ojentaa		present	ojentava	ojennettava
long 1st1		Possessive forms Person sing. plur. 1st ojentaakseni ojentaaksemme 2nd ojentaaksesi ojentaaksenne 3rd ojentaakseen ojentaaksensa		past	ojentanut	ojennettu
2nd	inessive2	ojentaessa	ojennettaessa	agent4	ojentama
		Possessive forms Person sing. plur. 1st ojentaessani ojentaessamme 2nd ojentaessasi ojentaessanne 3rd ojentaessaan ojentaessansa		negative	ojentamaton
	instructive	ojentaen	—	1) Used only with a possessive suffix. 2) Usually with a possessive suffix (active only). 3) Some uses of the verbal noun are called the 'fourth infinitive' by certain sources (more details). 4) Usually with a possessive suffix. Not used with intransitive verbs. Distinct from nouns with the -ma suffix and third infinitive forms. * The third-person singular indicative form ojentaa does not exhibit final gemination, unlike the first infinitive (the lemma form), even though they are spelled identically.
3rd	inessive	ojentamassa	—
	elative	ojentamasta	—
	illative	ojentamaan	—
	adessive	ojentamalla	—
	abessive	ojentamatta	—
	instructive	ojentaman	ojennettaman
4th3	verbal noun	ojentaminen
5th1		Possessive forms Person sing. plur. 1st ojentamaisillani ojentamaisillamme 2nd ojentamaisillasi ojentamaisillanne 3rd ojentamaisillaan ojentamaisillansa

Synonyms

• (lend a helping hand): auttaa

Derived terms

• ojenne
• ojennella
• ojennus
• ojentaja
• ojentaminen
• ojentautua
• ojentua

 

Further reading

• “ojentaa”, 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 2023-07-01

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈojentɑː/, [ˈo̞je̞n̪t̪ɑ̝ː]
• Rhymes: -ojentɑː
• Syllabification^(key): o‧jen‧taa

Verb

ojentaa

1. third-person singular present indicative of ojentaa

References

1. Häkkinen, Kaisa (2004) Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja [Modern Finnish Etymological Dictionary] (in Finnish), Juva: WSOY, →ISBN