Notes on the table of compositive forms of verbs

Compositive forms are forms of words used as the first part of a compound word (closed compound). Compositive forms of verbs can be noun derivations or special forms. The following table covers the most common verbs. Notes:

• When several compositives are given, they may relate to different meanings of the verb.
• Some of the example words are mostly historical or otherwise rare.
• Compositives of passive verbs are often not included, when the same compositive can be used both for an active verb and for a passive verb. For example, esto- can be used as compositive for both estää (to prevent) and estyä (to be prevented).
• Compositives are mostly not given for verbs ending with -oida, since they usually have regular compositives -ointi- and -oimis-, the latter being less common; e.g. for tilastoida, the compositives are tilastointi- and tilastoimis-.
• For almost all verbs, a compositive form ending with -mis- (the compositive form of a -minen derivation) can be used. However, it is often less common than other alternatives. The -mis- form is mentioned in the table when it is relatively common.
• For some verbs (e.g. uskoa), it is common to use a noun in the genitive (e.g. uskon) instead of a compositive proper. Such forms are given in parentheses.