lamautti

Lamautti is a Finnish word that functions as the past tense form of the verb lamauttaa. Specifically, it is the third-person singular past indicative, used when the subject performs the action of immobilizing or disabling something or someone. The root lamauttaa covers both physical immobilization and more metaphorical forms of stopping or disabling, such as a system outage, a nerve block, or the impact of fear or surprise.

In usage, lamautti can describe concrete causes of paralysis or stoppage (for example, a medical procedure, a technical failure, or a forceful action) as well as more figurative immobilization (such as awe or shock that halts activity). It appears across everyday speech, journalism, and literature to convey that an agent brought about loss of movement, control, or function.

Examples convey the sense of the word in different contexts. For instance, a power outage can lamautti a flight or service, meaning it halted operation; a sudden impact can lamauttaa the subject’s movements. The construction typically involves a direct object in the accusative and a subject in the nominative, with the verb inflected for person and number.

See also: lamauttaa, lamautuminen, lamauttaminen.