kannanotto - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary

kannan +‎ otto, equivalently ottaa kantaa +‎ -o

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑnːɑnˌotːo/, [ˈkɑ̝nːɑ̝nˌo̞t̪ːo̞]
• Rhymes: -otːo
• Hyphenation^(key): kannan‧otto

kannanotto [with illative ‘on, about, regarding’]

1. contention, position (point maintained in an argument)
2. position paper (essay or report which expresses a position on a contested issue)
3. resolution (formal statement adopted by an assembly)
4. statement (presentation of opinion or position)

kannanotto is a generic term which can be used practically of any statement that promotes an opinion.

• (contention): kanta, mielipide
• (position paper): linjaus, ohjelma
• (resolution): resoluutio, päätöslauselma
• (statement): lausunto, julkilausuma, julistus

• ottaa kantaa

• “kannanotto”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02