Votic edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Finnic *abittadak, from *api (help).

Pronunciation edit

  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈɑvitːɑː/, [ˈɑvʲitːɑ]
  • Rhymes: -ɑvitːɑː
  • Hyphenation: a‧vit‧ta

Verb edit

avitta

  1. (transitive, usually atelic) to help

Inflection edit

Conjugation of avitta (type III-1/tuntõa, tt-t gradation)
Indicative
Present Perfect
positive negative positive negative
1st singular avitõn en avitõ 1st singular õõn avittannu en õõ avittannu
2nd singular avitõd ed avitõ 2nd singular õõd avittannu ed õõ avittannu
3rd singular avitõb eb avitõ 3rd singular on avittannu eb õõ avittannu
1st plural avitammõ emmä avitõ 1st plural öõmmõ avittannu emmä õõ avittannu
2nd plural avitattõ että avitõ 2nd plural õõttõ avittannu että õõ avittannu
3rd plural avitõta eväd avitõ 3rd plural õlla avitõttu eväd õõ avitõttu
impersonal avitõta eväd avitõ impersonal õlla avitõttu eväd õõ avitõttu
Imperfect Pluperfect
positive negative positive negative
1st singular avitin en avittannu 1st singular õlin avittannu
2nd singular avitid ed avittannu 2nd singular õlid avittannu
3rd singular avitti eb avittannu 3rd singular õli avittannu
1st plural avitimmõ emmä avittannu 1st plural õlimmõ avittannu
2nd plural avitittõ että avittannu 2nd plural õlittõ avittannu
3rd plural avitõtti eväd avitõttu 3rd plural õlti avitõttu
impersonal avitõtti eväd avitõttu impersonal õlti avitõttu
Conditional
Present Perfect
positive negative positive negative
1st singular avittaizin en avittaizʹ 1st singular õllõizin avittannu en õllõizʹ avittannu
2nd singular avittaizid ed avittaizʹ 2nd singular õllõizid avittannu ed õllõizʹ avittannu
3rd singular avittaizʹ eb avittaizʹ 3rd singular õllõizʹ avittannu eb õllõizʹ avittannu
1st plural avittaizimmõ emmä avittaizʹ 1st plural õllõizimmõ avittannu emmä õllõizʹ avittannu
2nd plural avittaizittõ että avittaizʹ 2nd plural õllõizittõ avittannu että õllõizʹ avittannu
3rd plural avitõttaizʹ eväd avitõttaizʹ 3rd plural õltaizʹ avitõttu eväd õltaizʹ avitõttu
impersonal avitõttaizʹ eväd avitõttaizʹ impersonal õltaizʹ avitõttu eväd õltaizʹ avitõttu
Imperative
Present
positive negative
1st singular
2nd singular avitõ elä avitõ
3rd singular avittago elko avittago
1st plural
2nd plural avittaga elka avittaga
3rd plural avittagod
impersonal
Nominal forms
Infinitives Participles
active passive
1st avitta present avittaja1)
2nd illative avittamma past avittannu avitõttu
inessive avittamaz 1) also used as the agent noun
elative avittamassõ
abessive avittamattõ

Descendants edit

  • Ingrian: avittaa

References edit

  • Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn