ulostaa

Ulostaa is a Finnish verb meaning to emit or to release something to the outside. It is used for both physical emissions, such as odors, light, or sounds, and for the outward release of information, signals, or other outputs. The sense can be literal—an object occurs outside the source of origin—or figurative, describing the outward manifestation of something internal.

In usage, ulostaa is transitive and the object often appears in the partitive case when the emission is treated as an uncountable quantity. Common collocations include ulostaa hajua (to emit an odor), ulostaa valoa (to emit light), ulostaa ääntä (to emit a sound), and ulostaa tietoa (to emit information). The construction is flexible enough to be used in scientific or technical writing as well as in more literary or metaphorical language, where it conveys the idea of something becoming outwardly apparent or detectable.

Etymology-wise, ulostaa is a native Finnish verb built from the prefix ulos- meaning “out” and a verb stem, forming a word that denotes outward release or manifestation. It is distinct from similar-sounding words such as uloste (excrement) or tulostaa (to print/export) and is typically understood within the context of emissions or outward expression.

See also: tulostaa, uloste. Note that ulostaa focuses on outward emission, whereas tulostaa refers to printing or producing in a more mechanical sense. As with many Finnish verbs, exact nuance can depend on context and companion nouns, particularly in technical descriptions versus everyday speech.