tavatõ
Votic
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *tabat'ak.
Pronunciation
- (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈtɑvɑtɑ/, [ˈtɑvɑtə̠]
- Rhymes: -ɑvɑtɑ
- Hyphenation: ta‧va‧tõ
Verb
tavatõ
- to happen to [with illative of second infinitive]
- (intransitive) to suffice, be enough
- (intransitive) (can) reach, to reach, extend
- (intransitive) to take, catch, seize, grab, grasp
Inflection
| Conjugation of tavatõ (type IV/vasatõ, p-v gradation) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicative | |||||
| Present | Perfect | ||||
| positive | negative | positive | negative | ||
| 1st singular | tappan | en tappa | 1st singular | õõn tavannu | en õõ tavannu |
| 2nd singular | tappad | ed tappa | 2nd singular | õõd tavannu | ed õõ tavannu |
| 3rd singular | tappab | eb tappa | 3rd singular | on tavannu | eb õõ tavannu |
| 1st plural | tappammõ | emmä tappa | 1st plural | õõmmõ tavannu | emmä õõ tavannu |
| 2nd plural | tappattõ | että tappa | 2nd plural | õõttõ tavannu | että õõ tavannu |
| 3rd plural | tavata | eväd tappa | 3rd plural | õlla tavattu | eväd õõ tavattu |
| impersonal | tavata | eväd tappa | impersonal | õlla tavattu | eväd õõ tavattu |
| Imperfect | Pluperfect | ||||
| positive | negative | positive | negative | ||
| 1st singular | tapazin | en tavannu | 1st singular | õlin tavannu | — |
| 2nd singular | tapazid | ed tavannu | 2nd singular | õlid tavannu | — |
| 3rd singular | tapazi | eb tavannu | 3rd singular | õli tavannu | — |
| 1st plural | tapazimmõ | emmä tavannu | 1st plural | õlimmõ tavannu | — |
| 2nd plural | tapazittõ | että tavannu | 2nd plural | õlittõ tavannu | — |
| 3rd plural | tavatti | eväd tavattu | 3rd plural | õlti tavattu | — |
| impersonal | tavatti | eväd tavattu | impersonal | õlti tavattu | — |
| Conditional | |||||
| Present | Perfect | ||||
| positive | negative | positive | negative | ||
| 1st singular | tapaizin | en tapaizʹ | 1st singular | õllõizin tavannu | en õllõizʹ tavannu |
| 2nd singular | tapaizid | ed tapaizʹ | 2nd singular | õllõizid tavannu | ed õllõizʹ tavannu |
| 3rd singular | tapaizʹ | eb tapaizʹ | 3rd singular | õllõizʹ tavannu | eb õllõizʹ tavannu |
| 1st plural | tapaizimmõ | emmä tapaizʹ | 1st plural | õllõizimmõ tavannu | emmä õllõizʹ tavannu |
| 2nd plural | tapaizittõ | että tapaizʹ | 2nd plural | õllõizittõ tavannu | että õllõizʹ tavannu |
| 3rd plural | tavattaizʹ | eväd tavattaizʹ | 3rd plural | õltaizʹ tavattu | eväd õltaizʹ tavattu |
| impersonal | tavattaizʹ | eväd tavattaizʹ | impersonal | õltaizʹ tavattu | eväd õltaizʹ tavattu |
| Imperative | |||||
| Present | |||||
| positive | negative | ||||
| 1st singular | — | — | |||
| 2nd singular | tappa | elä tappa | |||
| 3rd singular | tavatko1) | elko tavatko1) | |||
| 1st plural | — | — | |||
| 2nd plural | tavatka | elka tavatka | |||
| 3rd plural | tavatkod1) | — | |||
| impersonal | — | — | |||
| Nominal forms | |||||
| Infinitives | Participles | ||||
| active | passive | ||||
| 1st | tavatõ | present | tappajõ2) | — | |
| 2nd | illative | tappama | past | tavannu | tavattu |
| inessive | tappamõz | 1) using la is more common 2) also used as the agent noun | |||
| elative | tappamõssõ | ||||
| abessive | tappamõttõ | ||||
References
- Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “tavata”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn