odottavaa
Odottavaa is a Finnish grammatical form derived from the verb odottaa, meaning to wait. It is the present active participle odottava in its partitive singular form, created with the suffix -va/-vä and the partitive -a/-ä. In practice, odottavaa functions as an adjective or a participial phrase that describes an ongoing waiting state and agrees with a noun in the partitive case.
In use, odottavaa is commonly seen in noun phrases where the noun is in the partitive case,
As a participle, odottavaa can convey immediacy and ongoing action without creating a separate finite verb.
Etymology and grammar: odottavaa comes from odottaa plus the present-active participle suffix -va/-vä, with the final
See also: Finnish grammar, present active participles, suffixes -va/-vä, odottaa.