vasatõ
Votic edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Finnic *vastat'ak, derived from vassa. Cognate with Finnish vastata and Estonian vastama.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
vasatõ
- to answer, reply
- to be responsible (for) (+ elative or partitive)
- to face, meet, encounter, come across
Inflection edit
| Conjugation of vasatõ (type IV/vasatõ, ss-s gradation) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicative | |||||
| Present | Perfect | ||||
| positive | negative | positive | negative | ||
| 1st singular | vassan | en vassa | 1st singular | õõn vasannu | en õõ vasannu |
| 2nd singular | vassad | ed vassa | 2nd singular | õõd vasannu | ed õõ vasannu |
| 3rd singular | vassab | eb vassa | 3rd singular | on vasannu | eb õõ vasannu |
| 1st plural | vassammõ | emmä vassa | 1st plural | öõmmõ vasannu | emmä õõ vasannu |
| 2nd plural | vassattõ | että vassa | 2nd plural | õõttõ vasannu | että õõ vasannu |
| 3rd plural | vasata | eväd vassa | 3rd plural | õlla vasattu | eväd õõ vasattu |
| impersonal | vasata | eväd vassa | impersonal | õlla vasattu | eväd õõ vasattu |
| Imperfect | Pluperfect | ||||
| positive | negative | positive | negative | ||
| 1st singular | vassõzin | en vasannu | 1st singular | õlin vasannu | — |
| 2nd singular | vassõzid | ed vasannu | 2nd singular | õlid vasannu | — |
| 3rd singular | vassõzi | eb vasannu | 3rd singular | õli vasannu | — |
| 1st plural | vassõzimmõ | emmä vasannu | 1st plural | õlimmõ vasannu | — |
| 2nd plural | vassõzittõ | että vasannu | 2nd plural | õlittõ vasannu | — |
| 3rd plural | vasatti | eväd vasattu | 3rd plural | õlti vasattu | — |
| impersonal | vasatti | eväd vasattu | impersonal | õlti vasattu | — |
| Conditional | |||||
| Present | Perfect | ||||
| positive | negative | positive | negative | ||
| 1st singular | vassõizin | en vassõizʹ | 1st singular | õllõizin vasannu | en õllõizʹ vasannu |
| 2nd singular | vassõizid | ed vassõizʹ | 2nd singular | õllõizid vasannu | ed õllõizʹ vasannu |
| 3rd singular | vassõizʹ | eb vassõizʹ | 3rd singular | õllõizʹ vasannu | eb õllõizʹ vasannu |
| 1st plural | vassõizimmõ | emmä vassõizʹ | 1st plural | õllõizimmõ vasannu | emmä õllõizʹ vasannu |
| 2nd plural | vassõizittõ | että vassõizʹ | 2nd plural | õllõizittõ vasannu | että õllõizʹ vasannu |
| 3rd plural | vasattaizʹ | eväd vasattaizʹ | 3rd plural | õltaizʹ vasattu | eväd õltaizʹ vasattu |
| impersonal | vasattaizʹ | eväd vasattaizʹ | impersonal | õltaizʹ vasattu | eväd õltaizʹ vasattu |
| Imperative | |||||
| Present | |||||
| positive | negative | ||||
| 1st singular | — | — | |||
| 2nd singular | vassa | elä vassa | |||
| 3rd singular | vasatko | elko vasatko | |||
| 1st plural | — | — | |||
| 2nd plural | vasatka | elka vasatka | |||
| 3rd plural | vasatkod | — | |||
| impersonal | — | — | |||
| Nominal forms | |||||
| Infinitives | Participles | ||||
| active | passive | ||||
| 1st | vasatõ | present | vassajõ1) | — | |
| 2nd | illative | vassama | past | vasannu | vasattu |
| inessive | vassamõz | 1) also used as the agent noun | |||
| elative | vassamassõ | ||||
| abessive | vassamattõ | ||||
References edit
- Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn