Finnish

(index ku)

Verb

kutsua, (transitive)

1. (+ genitive-accusative) to invite

   Kutsuin isän päivälliselle.

   I invited my father for dinner.

2. (+ partitive) to beckon, call, call for summon (to shout out in order to summon)

   Nojauduin ulos takaovesta ja kutsuin Lucya.

   I leant out of the back door and called for Lucy.

   Olkaa hyvä ja istuutukaa. Teitä kutsutaan sukunimellä.

   Please have a seat. You will be called by the surname.

3. (+ partitive) to call, name, dub

   Hänen alaisensa kutsuvat häntä epäkunnioittavasti vänrikki Nappulaksi.

   His subordinates disrespectfully call him lieutenant Sonny Fuzz.

4. (+ partitive) to misname, dub (to call by a wrong name)

   Hän kutsui minua Pertiksi, mutta en antanut sen haitata.

   He misnamed me as Pertti, but I did not let it bother me.

5. (+ genitive-accusative) to call up (to select e.g. to a sports squad)
6. (+ genitive-accusative) ~ koolle, ~ kokoon: to muster (to collect, call or assemble together, such as troops or a group)
7. (+ genitive-accusative) ~ palvelukseen: to muster, call out (to enroll into service, to order into service)

   Kuvernööri kutsui kansalliskaartin palvelukseen.

   The Governor called out the National Guard.

8. (+ genitive-accusative) to hail, call out (to voice loudly in order to gain the attention of)

   ~ taksi: to hail a taxi, to call out a taxi

Conjugation

Derived terms

Anagrams

• kastuu, kautsu

References

Itkonen, Erkki; Kulonen, Ulla-Maija (editors). 1992–2000. Suomen sanojen alkuperä ('The Origin of Finnish Words'). Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus/Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura. ISBN 978-952-222-418-7.