-ota

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ota"

Translingual

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek -ωτά (-ōtá), neuter plural of -ωτός (-ōtós), verbal adjective from the stem of -όω (-óō, denominal verb suffix). Related to translingual -ote.

Suffix

-ota

Used to form names of taxa according to a prominent anatomical feature.

Usage notes

Often equivalent to -ata for Ancient Greek bases.

Etymology 2

Extracted from Prokaryota.

Suffix

-ota

Used to form names of phyla of Prokaryota, as well as Fungi and Virus from the names of type genera

Derived terms

Catalan

Etymology 1

Suffix

-ota f (noun-forming suffix, plural -otes)

female equivalent of -ot

Derived terms

Catalan terms suffixed with -ota

Etymology 2

From Ancient Greek -ώτης (-ṓtēs).

Suffix

-ota m or f

suffix indicating provenance
‎Caire + ‎-ota → ‎cairota

‎Tòquio + ‎-ota → ‎toquiota

Derived terms

Catalan terms suffixed with -ota (demonymic)

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech -ota, from Proto-Slavic *-ota.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ ota]
Rhymes: -ota

Suffix

-ota f (noun-forming suffix)

noun suffix

Derived terms

Esperanto

Suffix

-ota

See -ot-

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *-ot'ak. Roughly equivalent to -o- +‎ -ta.

Suffix

-ota (stem -oa-)

Forms translative verbs.

Usage notes

No longer productive. Only in back-vocalic stems. Replaces the final vowel.

Conjugation

Inflection of -ota (Kotus type 74/katketa, no gradation)

indicative mood

present tense

perfect

person

positive

negative

person

positive

negative

1st sing.

-oan

en -oa

1st sing.

olen -onnut

en ole -onnut

2nd sing.

-oat

et -oa

2nd sing.

olet -onnut

et ole -onnut

3rd sing.

-oaa

ei -oa

3rd sing.

on -onnut

ei ole -onnut

1st plur.

-oamme

emme -oa

1st plur.

olemme -onneet

emme ole -onneet

2nd plur.

-oatte

ette -oa

2nd plur.

olette -onneet

ette ole -onneet

3rd plur.

-oavat

eivät -oa

3rd plur.

ovat -onneet

eivät ole -onneet

passive

-otaan

ei -ota

passive

on -ottu

ei ole -ottu

past tense

pluperfect

person

positive

negative

person

positive

negative

1st sing.

-osin

en -onnut

1st sing.

olin -onnut

en ollut -onnut

2nd sing.

-osit

et -onnut

2nd sing.

olit -onnut

et ollut -onnut

3rd sing.

-osi

ei -onnut

3rd sing.

oli -onnut

ei ollut -onnut

1st plur.

-osimme

emme -onneet

1st plur.

olimme -onneet

emme olleet -onneet

2nd plur.

-ositte

ette -onneet

2nd plur.

olitte -onneet

ette olleet -onneet

3rd plur.

-osivat

eivät -onneet

3rd plur.

olivat -onneet

eivät olleet -onneet

passive

-ottiin

ei -ottu

passive

oli -ottu

ei ollut -ottu

conditional mood

present

perfect

person

positive

negative

person

positive

negative

1st sing.

-oaisin
-oisin

en -oaisi
en -oisi

1st sing.

olisin -onnut

en olisi -onnut

2nd sing.

-oaisit
-oisit

et -oaisi
et -oisi

2nd sing.

olisit -onnut

et olisi -onnut

3rd sing.

-oaisi
-oisi

ei -oaisi
ei -oisi

3rd sing.

olisi -onnut

ei olisi -onnut

1st plur.

-oaisimme
-oisimme

emme -oaisi
emme -oisi

1st plur.

olisimme -onneet

emme olisi -onneet

2nd plur.

-oaisitte
-oisitte

ette -oaisi
ette -oisi

2nd plur.

olisitte -onneet

ette olisi -onneet

3rd plur.

-oaisivat
-oisivat

eivät -oaisi
eivät -oisi

3rd plur.

olisivat -onneet

eivät olisi -onneet

passive

-ottaisiin

ei -ottaisi

passive

olisi -ottu

ei olisi -ottu

imperative mood

present

perfect

person

positive

negative

person

positive

negative

1st sing.

—

1st sing.

—

2nd sing.

-oa

älä -oa

2nd sing.

—

3rd sing.

-otkoon

älköön -otko

3rd sing.

olkoon -onnut

älköön olko -onnut

1st plur.

-otkaamme

älkäämme -otko

1st plur.

—

2nd plur.

-otkaa

älkää -otko

2nd plur.

—

3rd plur.

-otkoot

älkööt -otko

3rd plur.

olkoot -onneet

älkööt olko -onneet

passive

-ottakoon

älköön -ottako

passive

olkoon -ottu

älköön olko -ottu

potential mood

present

perfect

person

positive

negative

person

positive

negative

1st sing.

-onnen

en -onne

1st sing.

lienen -onnut

en liene -onnut

2nd sing.

-onnet

et -onne

2nd sing.

lienet -onnut

et liene -onnut

3rd sing.

-onnee

ei -onne

3rd sing.

lienee -onnut

ei liene -onnut

1st plur.

-onnemme

emme -onne

1st plur.

lienemme -onneet

emme liene -onneet

2nd plur.

-onnette

ette -onne

2nd plur.

lienette -onneet

ette liene -onneet

3rd plur.

-onnevat

eivät -onne

3rd plur.

lienevät -onneet

eivät liene -onneet

passive

-ottaneen

ei -ottane

passive

lienee -ottu

ei liene -ottu

Nominal forms

infinitives

participles

active

passive

active

passive

1st

-ota

present

-oava

-ottava

long 1st¹

Possessive forms
Person	sing.	plur.
1st	-otakseni	-otaksemme
2nd	-otaksesi	-otaksenne
3rd	-otakseen -otaksensa

past

-onnut

-ottu

2nd

inessive²

-otessa

-ottaessa

agent⁴

-oama

Possessive forms
Person	sing.	plur.
1st	-otessani	-otessamme
2nd	-otessasi	-otessanne
3rd	-otessaan -otessansa

negative

-oamaton

instructive

-oten

—

¹⁾ Used only with a possessive suffix.

²⁾ Usually with a possessive suffix (active only).
³⁾ Some uses of the verbal noun are called the 'fourth infinitive' by certain sources (more details).

⁴⁾ Usually with a possessive suffix. May not be used with all verbs, especially intransitive ones (more details). Distinct from nouns with the -ma suffix and third infinitive forms.

3rd

inessive

-oamassa

—

elative

-oamasta

—

illative

-oamaan

—

adessive

-oamalla

—

abessive

-oamatta

—

instructive

-oaman

-ottaman

4th³

verbal noun

-oaminen

5th¹

Possessive forms
Person	sing.	plur.
1st	-oamaisillani	-oamaisillamme
2nd	-oamaisillasi	-oamaisillanne
3rd	-oamaisillaan -oamaisillansa

Derived terms

Finnish terms suffixed with -ota

Ingrian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *-ot'ak. Cognates include Finnish -ota.

Most inflected forms are derived through conflation with the unrelated -eta, which also forms inchoative verbs.

Pronunciation

(Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /-otɑ/, [-o̞tɑ]
(Soikkola) IPA^(key): /-otɑ/, [-o̞d̥ɑ]

Suffix

-ota (front vowel variant -ötä)

Used to form inchoative verbs.

Conjugation

Conjugation of -ota (type 15/valeta, no gradation)
Indikativa
Preesens			Perfekta
	positive	negative		positive	negative
1st singular	-enen	en -ene	1st singular	oon -ent, oon -ennut	en oo -ent, en oo -ennut
2nd singular	-enet	et -ene	2nd singular	oot -ent, oot -ennut	et oo -ent, et oo -ennut
3rd singular	-enoo	ei -ene	3rd singular	ono -ent, ono -ennut	ei oo -ent, ei oo -ennut
1st plural	-enemma	emmä -ene	1st plural	oomma -enneet	emmä oo -enneet
2nd plural	-enetta	että -ene	2nd plural	ootta -enneet	että oo -enneet
3rd plural	-enoot¹⁾, -enevat²⁾, -otaa	evät -ene, ei -ota	3rd plural	ovat -enneet	evät oo -enneet, ei oo -ottu
impersonal	-otaa	ei -ota	impersonal	ono -ottu	ei oo -ottu
Imperfekta			Pluskvamperfekta
	positive	negative		positive	negative
1st singular	-enin	en -ent, en -ennut	1st singular	olin -ent, olin -ennut	en olt -ent, en olt -ennut
2nd singular	-enit	et -ent, et -ennut	2nd singular	olit -ent, olit -ennut	et olt -ent, et olt -ennut
3rd singular	-eni	ei -ent, ei -ennut	3rd singular	oli -ent, oli -ennut	ei olt -ent, ei olt -ennut
1st plural	-enimma	emmä -enneet	1st plural	olimma -enneet	emmä olleet -enneet
2nd plural	-enitta	että -enneet	2nd plural	olitta -enneet	että olleet -enneet
3rd plural	-eniit¹⁾, -enivat²⁾, -ottii	evät -enneet, ei -ottu	3rd plural	olivat -enneet	evät olleet -enneet, ei olt -ottu
impersonal	-ottii	ei -ottu	impersonal	oli -ottu	ei olt -ottu
Konditsionala
Preesens			Perfekta
	positive	negative		positive	negative
1st singular	-enisin	en -enis	1st singular	olisin -ent, olisin -ennut	en olis -ent, en olis -ennut
2nd singular	-enisit, -eniist¹⁾	et -enis	2nd singular	olisit -ent, olisit -ennut	et olis -ent, et olis -ennut
3rd singular	-enis	ei -enis	3rd singular	olis -ent, olis -ennut	ei olis -ent, ei olis -ennut
1st plural	-enisimma	emmä -enis	1st plural	olisimma -enneet	emmä olis -enneet
2nd plural	-enisitta	että -enis	2nd plural	olisitta -enneet	että olis -enneet
3rd plural	-enisiit¹⁾, -enisivat²⁾, -ottais	evät -enis, ei -ottais	3rd plural	olisivat -enneet	evät olis -enneet, ei olis -ottu
impersonal	-ottais	ei -ottais	impersonal	olis -ottu	ei olis -ottu
Imperativa
Preesens			Perfekta
	positive	negative		positive	negative
1st singular	—	—	1st singular	—	—
2nd singular	-ene	elä -ene	2nd singular	oo -ent, oo -ennut	elä oo -ent, elä oo -ennut
3rd singular	-otkoo	elköö -otko	3rd singular	olkoo -ent, olkoo -ennut	elköö olko -ent, elköö olko -ennut
1st plural	—	—	1st plural	—	—
2nd plural	-otkaa	elkää -otko	2nd plural	olkaa -enneet	elkää olko -enneet
3rd plural	-otkoot	elkööt -otko, elköö -ottako	3rd plural	olkoot -enneet	elkööt olko -enneet, elköö olko -ottu
impersonal	-ottakkoo	elköö -ottako	impersonal	olkoo -ottu	elköö olko -ottu
Potentsiala
Preesens
	positive	negative
1st singular	-enen	en -ene
2nd singular	-enet	et -ene
3rd singular	-enoo	ei -ene
1st plural	-enemma	emmä -ene
2nd plural	-enetta	että -ene
3rd plural	-enoot	evät -ene, ei -ottane
impersonal	-ottannoo	ei -ottane
Nominal forms
Infinitivat			Partisipat
				active	passive
1st		-ota	present	-eneva	-ottava
2nd	inessive	-otees	past	-ent, -ennut	-ottu
2nd	instructive	-oten	¹⁾ Chiefly in the Soikkola dialect. ²⁾ Chiefly in the Ala-Laukaa dialect. ^) For the imperative, the 2nd plural (-otkaa) may be used for the 3rd person as well. ^) The interrogative is formed by adding the suffix -k (-ka^?/-kä^?) to the indicative ^*) The deliberative is formed by adding the suffix -k (-ka^?/-kä^?) or -kse* to either the indicative or the potential ^***) In folk poetry, a long first infinitive can be formed by adding the suffix -kse-*, followed by possessive suffixes, to the first infinitive. Note that sometimes gemination may be undone by this addition.
3rd	illative	-enommaa
	inessive	-enomas
	elative	-enomast
	abessive	-enomata
4th	nominative	-enomiin
	partitive	-enomista, -enomist