jotta
See also: jotta-
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Finnic *jotta, equivalent to jo- + -tta
Pronunciation edit
Conjunction edit
jotta
- (subordinating) so that, in order that, for the purpose that
- Synonym: että
- Pidä kännykkä päällä, jotta kuulet kun soitan.
- Keep the phone on you so that you'll hear when I call.
- (dialectal) Synonym of että (“that; conjunction indicating that the subordinate clause is the object of the verb of the main clause”)
Usage notes edit
| Negative contractions for jotta | ||
|---|---|---|
| basic form | jotta | |
| negative | singular | plural |
| 1st person | jotten | jottemme |
| 2nd person | jottet | jottette |
| 3rd person | jottei | jotteivät jotteivat |
These contractions are used with the indicative forms of the negative verb ei. They are common, but optional. | ||
Further reading edit
- “jotta”, 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
Hungarian edit
Etymology edit
From Latin iota, from Ancient Greek ἰῶτα (iôta).[1][2]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
jotta
Usage notes edit
Only used in its accusative form in the set phrase egy jottát sem (“not one iota”):
- Ragaszkodnak a szabályokhoz. Egy jottát sem engednek. ― They insist on the rules. They won't give an inch.
Declension edit
| Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | jotta | jották |
| accusative | jottát | jottákat |
| dative | jottának | jottáknak |
| instrumental | jottával | jottákkal |
| causal-final | jottáért | jottákért |
| translative | jottává | jottákká |
| terminative | jottáig | jottákig |
| essive-formal | jottaként | jottákként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | jottában | jottákban |
| superessive | jottán | jottákon |
| adessive | jottánál | jottáknál |
| illative | jottába | jottákba |
| sublative | jottára | jottákra |
| allative | jottához | jottákhoz |
| elative | jottából | jottákból |
| delative | jottáról | jottákról |
| ablative | jottától | jottáktól |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
jottáé | jottáké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
jottáéi | jottákéi |
| Possessive forms of jotta | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | jottám | jottáim |
| 2nd person sing. | jottád | jottáid |
| 3rd person sing. | jottája | jottái |
| 1st person plural | jottánk | jottáink |
| 2nd person plural | jottátok | jottáitok |
| 3rd person plural | jottájuk | jottáik |
Derived terms edit
References edit
- ^ jotta in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2nd edition.)
- ^ jotta in Tótfalusi, István. Magyar etimológiai nagyszótár (’Hungarian Comprehensive Dictionary of Etymology’). Budapest: Arcanum Adatbázis, 2001; Arcanum DVD Könyvtár →ISBN
Further reading edit
- jotta in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
Veps edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Finnic *joottadak. Equivalent to joda + -tta.
Verb edit
jotta
Inflection edit
| Inflection of jotta (inflection type 7/lüpsta) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st infinitive | jotta | ||
| present indic. | jotab | ||
| past indic. | joti | ||
| present indicative |
past indicative |
imperative | |
| 1st singular | jotan | jotin | — |
| 2nd singular | jotad | jotid | jota |
| 3rd singular | jotab | joti | jotkaha |
| 1st plural | jotam | jotim | jotkam |
| 2nd plural | jotat | jotit | jotkat |
| 3rd plural | jottas jotaba |
jotiba | jotkaha |
| sing. conneg.1 | jota | jotand | jota |
| plur. conneg. | jotkoi | jotnugoi | jotkoi |
| present conditional |
past conditional |
potential | |
| 1st singular | jotaižin | jotnuižin | jotnen |
| 2nd singular | jotaižid | jotnuižid | jotned |
| 3rd singular | jotaiži | jotnuiži | jotneb |
| 1st plural | jotaižim | jotnuižim | jotnem |
| 2nd plural | jotaižit | jotnuižit | jotnet |
| 3rd plural | jotaižiba | jotnuižiba | jotneba |
| connegative | jotaiži | jotnuiži | jotne |
| non-finite forms | |||
| 1st infinitive | jotta | ||
| 2nd infinitive | 3rd infinitive | ||
| inessive | jottes | inessive | jotmas |
| instructive | jotten | illative | jotmaha |
| participles | elative | jotmaspäi | |
| present active | jotai | adessive | jotmal |
| past active | jotnu | abessive | jotmat |
| past passive | jottud | ||
| 1 In imperative: used only in the second-person singular. The plural form is used with other persons. | |||