Etymology
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Related to Finnish vaan and vain.
Pronunciation
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vaa
- only, merely
1936, V. I. Junus, Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka[1], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 5:Se ei näytä faktoja vaa sil viisii, kuin neet puuttuut elävääs läkkämyskeelees, vaa se proovajaa i muuttaa faktoja, muuttaa keelen formia mokomiks, jot neet paremmast sluuƶiisivat kulttuuratöös ja kaikkiis ennen șkoulutöös.- It doesn't only show facts in the way, how these appear in the living spoken language, but it tries to change the facts, too, to change the forms of a language into such ones so that they may best serve the cultural building and above all school work.
1936, L. G. Terehova, V. G. Erdeli, translated by Mihailov and P. I. Maksimov, Geografia: oppikirja iƶoroin alkușkoulun kolmatta klaassaa vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 6:Möö meinasimma, jot höö vaa näyttäät, etti kaik tiitäät.- We thought, that they merely pretended, like they know everything.
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Conjunction
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vaa
- but
1936, V. I. Junus, Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka[2], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 5:Se ei näytä faktoja vaa sil viisii, kuin neet puuttuut elävääs läkkämyskeelees, vaa se proovajaa i muuttaa faktoja, muuttaa keelen formia mokomiks, jot neet paremmast sluuƶiisivat kulttuuratöös ja kaikkiis ennen șkoulutöös.- It doesn't only show facts in the way, how these appear in the living spoken language, but it tries to change the facts, too, to change the forms of a language into such ones so that they may best serve the cultural building and above all school work.
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References
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- Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 647
Etymology
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From Proto-Bantu *-dúada.
Pronunciation
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-vaa (infinitive kuvaa)
- to wear
- to get dressed
Conjugation
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Conjugation of -vaa
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Positive present
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-navaa
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Subjunctive
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-vae
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Negative
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-vai
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Imperative singular
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vaa
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Infinitives
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Imperatives
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Singular
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vaa
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Plural
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vaeni
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Tensed forms
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Habitual
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huvaa
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Positive past
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positive subject concord + -livaa
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Negative past
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negative subject concord + -kuvaa
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Positive present (positive subject concord + -navaa)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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ninavaa/navaa
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tunavaa
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2nd person
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unavaa
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mnavaa
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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anavaa
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wanavaa
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other classes
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positive subject concord + -navaa
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Negative present (negative subject concord + -vai)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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sivai
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hatuvai
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2nd person
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huvai
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hamvai
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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havai
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hawavai
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other classes
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negative subject concord + -vai
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Positive future
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positive subject concord + -tavaa
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Negative future
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negative subject concord + -tavaa
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Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -vae)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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nivae
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tuvae
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2nd person
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uvae
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mvae
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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avae
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wavae
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other classes
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positive subject concord + -vae
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Negative subjunctive
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positive subject concord + -sivae
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Positive present conditional
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positive subject concord + -ngevaa
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Negative present conditional
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positive subject concord + -singevaa
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Positive past conditional
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positive subject concord + -ngalivaa
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Negative past conditional
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positive subject concord + -singalivaa
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Perfect
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positive subject concord + -mevaa
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"Already"
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positive subject concord + -meshavaa
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"Not yet"
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negative subject concord + -javaa
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"If/When"
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positive subject concord + -kivaa
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"If not"
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positive subject concord + -sipovaa
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Consecutive
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kavaa / positive subject concord + -kavaa
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Consecutive subjunctive
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positive subject concord + -kavae
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Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.
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Etymology
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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Cognate with Finnish vaan, vain and Ingrian vaa.
Pronunciation
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- (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈvɑː/, [ˈvɑː]
- Rhymes: -ɑː
- Hyphenation: vaa
- (rapid speech) IPA(key): [ˈvɑ]
vaa
- only, merely, just
References
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- Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “vaa”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn