vestta

Veps

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *väictädäk.

Verb

vestta

1. to hew
2. to carve

Inflection

Inflection of vestta (inflection type 7/lüpsta)
1st infinitive	vestta
present indic.	vestab
past indic.	vesti
	present indicative	past indicative	imperative
1st singular	vestan	vestin	—
2nd singular	vestad	vestid	vesta
3rd singular	vestab	vesti	vestkaha
1st plural	vestam	vestim	vestkam
2nd plural	vestat	vestit	vestkat
3rd plural	vesttas vestaba	vestiba	vestkaha
sing. conneg.1	vesta	vestand	vesta
plur. conneg.	vestkoi	vestnugoi	vestkoi
	present conditional	past conditional	potential
1st singular	vestaižin	vestnuižin	vestnen
2nd singular	vestaižid	vestnuižid	vestned
3rd singular	vestaiži	vestnuiži	vestneb
1st plural	vestaižim	vestnuižim	vestnem
2nd plural	vestaižit	vestnuižit	vestnet
3rd plural	vestaižiba	vestnuižiba	vestneba
connegative	vestaiži	vestnuiži	vestne
non-finite forms
1st infinitive	vestta
2nd infinitive		3rd infinitive
inessive	vesttes	inessive	vestmas
instructive	vestten	illative	vestmaha
participles		elative	vestmaspäi
present active	vestai	adessive	vestmal
past active	vestnu	abessive	vestmat
past passive	vesttud
1 In imperative: used only in the second-person singular. The plural form is used with other persons.

Derived terms

• vestai

References

• Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “высечь, тесать”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎^[1], Petrozavodsk: Periodika