Votic

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *leedäk.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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leevve

  1. to be going to
  2. (auxiliary) must, have to (subject in the genitive case, action in the 1st infinitive)

Inflection

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Conjugation of leevve (type I/savvõ, no gradation)
Indicative
Present Perfect
positive negative positive negative
1st singular leen en lee 1st singular
2nd singular leed ed lee 2nd singular
3rd singular leeb eb lee 3rd singular
1st plural leemme emmä lee 1st plural
2nd plural leette että lee 2nd plural
3rd plural leevvä eväd lee 3rd plural
impersonal leevvä eväd lee impersonal
Imperfect Pluperfect
positive negative positive negative
1st singular 1st singular
2nd singular 2nd singular
3rd singular 3rd singular
1st plural 1st plural
2nd plural 2nd plural
3rd plural 3rd plural
impersonal impersonal
Conditional
Present Perfect
positive negative positive negative
1st singular 1st singular
2nd singular 2nd singular
3rd singular 3rd singular
1st plural 1st plural
2nd plural 2nd plural
3rd plural 3rd plural
impersonal impersonal
Imperative
Present
positive negative
1st singular
2nd singular lee elä lee
3rd singular
1st plural
2nd plural
3rd plural
impersonal
Nominal forms
Infinitives Participles
active passive
1st leevve present
2nd illative past
inessive
elative
abessive

References

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