andma
‘give’ · runosong lemma · Estonian and Finnish verb
| English gloss | give |
|---|---|
| Part of speech | verb |
| Language | Estonian and Finnish |
| Total occurrences | 29,860 |
| By corpus | SKVR 0, JR 0, KR 566 poems, ERAB 29,294 |
The counts in this table cover all attested spellings of this lemma, not only the headword form; all are word occurrences, except the KR figure in the By corpus row, which counts poems.
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Attested wordforms
anti, anda, annab, annud, andke, and, andsin, andsid, annid, anneti, annetakse, annad, andi, andas, antud, andemaie, annaks, andma, anta, antanesse, andku, andvad, antaks, annit, attüma, ande, antu, ans, antanessa, ange, annetama, antas, ansid, andema, angu, annu, andva, angõ, andnud, aanu … and 577 more of 617 attested forms
In Estonian dictionaries
Definitions are shown in Estonian: the source dictionaries are Estonian-language works.
EKSS
andma · annan 46
- 1. ulatama, kellegi kätte v. kättesaadavusse toimetama
- 2. loovutama, kellegi teise omandusse, valdusse v. kasutusse siirma
- 3. (saada) võimaldama, osaks saada laskma
- 4. tekitama, esile kutsuma, põhjustama; mingi tulemuseni viima
EMS
andma
- ulatama, pakkuma; kellegi kätte(saadavusse) või kasutusse toimetama (ka söömiseks, joomiseks jne)
- (kinkides, annetades, laenates jne) loovutama, teise omandusse või kasutusse siirma; millestki loobuma
- anduma, sugulisse ühendusse astuma (naisest)
- (ihnsast)
Idamurre
andma
Sources: EKSS — Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat, Eesti Keele Instituut (CC BY 4.0) · EMS — Eesti murrete sõnaraamat, Eesti Keele Instituut · Idamurde sõnastik, Eesti Keele Instituut
English senses in context
How the AI analysis rendered this lemma in English, as a share of the entry’s analyzed uses. The analysis groups a lemma with its variant and cognate spellings, so close cognates can share one profile.
| Sense | Share |
|---|---|
| give | 61.9% |
| gave | 18.8% |
| given | 10.6% |
| gives | 3.2% |
| let | 2.4% |
| giving | 1.3% |
| anna | 0.5% |
| gifts | 0.5% |
| gift | 0.5% |
| give! | 0.3% |
Example verses
- seal anti aga rasvast süia meil (AES, MT 3, 4 (9)) read in context
There they gave us fatty food to eat, - andke mulle andke mulle aidavõti (AES, MT 3, 12) read in context
Give me, give me the storehouse key, - ehk ta annab ühe minu iest (AES, MT 3, 13) read in context
Perhaps he'll give one for my sake, - suud tema annab selga püörab (AES, MT 3, 21) read in context
He gives his word, then turns his back, - avun ange tarvitseisi (Kalevala 50) read in context
She urgently needs help." - metsad märku andemaie (Kalevipoeg 1) read in context
Forests, give signs, - ei annd vastust küsijalle (Kalevipoeg 2) read in context
But gave no answer to the asker. - taevatähed andku tarkust (Kalevipoeg 3) read in context
Celestial stars grant wisdom!"
Companion words
Words that co-occur with this lemma inside the same verse line more often than chance predicts, ranked by log-likelihood (G²) over verse-level co-occurrence in SKVR, KR, JR and ERAB; only pairs seen at least 3 times.
| Word | Association (G²) | Co-occurrences |
|---|---|---|
| käsi | 3,087 | 1,272 |
| sööma | 2,572 | 881 |
| arm | 1,739 | 410 |
| suu | 1,524 | 818 |
| jumal | 1,436 | 366 |
| halb | 1,166 | 290 |
| teadma | 1,158 | 395 |
| aeg | 1,070 | 397 |
Song types
Song types of the poems attesting this lemma, as catalogued per poem in the source corpora (ERAB type names are in Estonian, SKVR names in Finnish; JR and KR poems carry no song-type record).
| Song type | Poems |
|---|---|
| Haned kadunud | 203 |
| Kosjahobu söötmine | 138 |
| Ema haual | 127 |
| Tule mulle! | 124 |
| Tule mulle | 123 |
| Mardilaul | 111 |
| Must naine | 106 |
| Kasvatus asjatu | 99 |
Collection places
Where the poems attesting this lemma were collected; each count is the number of attesting poems recorded at that place.
| Place | Poems |
|---|---|
| Setumaa | 581 |
| Kuusalu | 315 |
| Karksi | 297 |
| Haljala | 296 |
| Paistu | 272 |
| Kolga-Jaani | 239 |
| Halliste | 227 |
| Tarvastu | 218 |
| Helme | 211 |
| Tõstamaa | 205 |
Attestation over time
Poems attesting this lemma by decade of collection or publication; undated poems are not shown.
| Decade | Poems |
|---|---|
| 1650–1659 | 1 |
| 1690–1699 | 2 |
| 1700–1709 | 1 |
| 1750–1759 | 1 |
| 1760–1769 | 1 |
| 1770–1779 | 1 |
| 1820–1829 | 15 |
| 1830–1839 | 8 |
| 1840–1849 | 17 |
| 1850–1859 | 7 |
| 1860–1869 | 121 |
| 1870–1879 | 630 |
| 1880–1889 | 2,262 |
| 1890–1899 | 2,689 |
| 1900–1909 | 637 |
| 1910–1919 | 702 |
| 1920–1929 | 895 |
| 1930–1939 | 1,083 |
| 1940–1949 | 58 |
| 1950–1959 | 1 |
Collectors
The collectors who most often recorded poems attesting this lemma.
| Collector | Poems |
|---|---|
| Karl Voldemar Rosenstrauch | 274 |
| Mihkel (Tori) Ostrov | 254 |
| Karl Viljak | 209 |
| Oskar Philipp Kallas | 172 |
| koguja teadmata | 154 |
Poems attesting this lemma (60 / 9,735)
- KR: Kalevala 50, Kalevipoeg 1, Kalevipoeg 2, Kalevipoeg 3, Kalevipoeg 4, Kalevipoeg 5, Kalevipoeg 6, Kalevipoeg 7, Kalevipoeg 8, Kalevipoeg 9, Kalevipoeg 11, Kalevipoeg 12, Kalevipoeg 13, Kalevipoeg 15, Kalevipoeg 16, Kalevipoeg 17, Kalevipoeg 18, Kalevipoeg 19, Kalevipoeg 20, KR 4:1, KR 8:1, KR 14:9, KR 15:15, KR 21:1, KR 26:1, KR 27:1, KR 35:13, KR 36:1, KR 42:551, KR 42:2430, KR 42:2433, KR 42:2475, KR 42:3512, KR 42:3589, KR 42:3746, KR 42:4660, KR 48:40, KR 50:23, KR 53:168, Wanha Kalevala 26, Wanha Kalevala 32, Kanteletar 3:6
- ERAB: AES, MT 3, 4 (9), AES, MT 3, 12, AES, MT 3, 13, AES, MT 3, 21, AES, MT 3, 21/2, AES, MT 4, 2, AES, MT 27, 16/31 (6), AES, MT 33, 5/6, AES, MT 36, 3/5, AES, MT 43, 60, AES, MT 43, 87, AES, MT 44, 5, AES, MT 49, 11/2 (3), AES, MT 55, 3, AES, MT 59,17/8, AES, MT 60, 33/5 (21), AES, MT 63, 2/3, AES, MT 65, 11
Related lemmas
- Finnish cognate: antaa
About this profile
The counts and examples on this page come from the lemmatized text of four Finnic runosong corpora: SKVR, JR, KR and ERAB. English senses come from an AI analysis of the corpus; song types, collection places, collectors and dates follow each poem's own catalogue record.