odota
Odota is a Finnish word commonly used as the second-person singular imperative of the verb odottaa, which means "to wait" or "to expect". As an imperative, odota functions as a direct command or request equivalent to "wait!" or "hold on!" in English. It is frequently used in spoken and written Finnish in informal situations.
Typical usages include short exclamations such as "Odota!" and extended forms like "Odota vähän" ("wait a moment")
Grammatically, odota reflects Finnish imperative formation patterns: it corresponds to the verb stem of odottaa and
Odota is cognate with related verbs in other Finnic languages (for example Estonian oota) and appears across