nielettää

Nielettää is a Finnish verb meaning to cause someone to swallow, or to compel the ingestion of a substance by another person. It is formed from the base verb niele, meaning to swallow, with the causative suffix -ttaa, yielding nielettää. The action is transitive: the thing being swallowed is the direct object, while the person who swallows (or is made to swallow) is the recipient of the action. The term is most commonly used in medical, caregiving, or instructional contexts.

In usage, nielettää describes facilitating or forcing the act of swallowing a substance, such as a medicine or liquid. Depending on context and tone, it can imply neutral assistance or a more coercive or clinical procedure. Because it is a language-specific term, it is primarily found in Finnish texts dealing with medical care, pharmacy, or caregiving routines.

Conjugation and forms follow the standard patterns of Finnish verbs ending in -taa. As with other causative verbs, nielettää is used with explicit objects for what is swallowed and, if needed, with a recipient or beneficiary expressed in the sentence. Non-finite forms include the infinitive and participles built on the same stem, and the word can combine with other Finnish grammatical elements in typical ways.

See also: niele (to swallow), nieleminen (swallowing), aines to which one refers to procedural administration of medicines.