Veps

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *viheltädäk. Cognates include Finnish viheltää.

Verb

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vihelta

  1. to whistle

Inflection

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Inflection of vihelta (inflection type 9/kogota)
1st infinitive vihelta
present indic. viheldab
past indic. vihelzi
present
indicative
past
indicative
imperative
1st singular viheldan vihelzin
2nd singular viheldad vihelzid vihelda
3rd singular viheldab vihelzi vihelkaha
1st plural viheldam vihelzim vihelkam
2nd plural viheldat vihelzit vihelkat
3rd plural viheltas
viheldaba
vihelziba vihelkaha
sing. conneg.1 vihelda viheldand vihelda
plur. conneg. vihelkoi vihelnugoi vihelkoi
present
conditional
past
conditional
potential
1st singular viheldaižin vihelnuižin vihelnen
2nd singular viheldaižid vihelnuižid vihelned
3rd singular viheldaiži vihelnuiži vihelneb
1st plural viheldaižim vihelnuižim vihelnem
2nd plural viheldaižit vihelnuižit vihelnet
3rd plural viheldaižiba vihelnuižiba vihelneba
connegative viheldaiži vihelnuiži vihelne
non-finite forms
1st infinitive vihelta
2nd infinitive 3rd infinitive
inessive viheltes inessive vihelmas
instructive vihelten illative vihelmaha
participles elative vihelmaspäi
present active viheldai adessive vihelmal
past active vihelnu abessive vihelmat
past passive viheltud
1 In imperative: used only in the second-person singular. The plural form is used with other persons.

References

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