ottaa lukua

Finnish

Etymology

Literal meaning is "to take the count". The expression comes from the rule in boxing when the referee counts down from ten to zero before declaring a knockout.

Verb

ottaa lukua (informal)

1. to pass out
2. to lie still for a while after receiving a blow

Conjugation

See ottaa. lukua is in the partitive case, but is inflected in the genitive in action nouns: see Appendix:Finnish verb phrases.

See also

• ottaa luku