ahta

Old English

Number

ahta

  1. alternative form of eahta (eight)

Vilamovian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German ahten, from Old High German ahtōn. Cognate with German achten.

Verb

ahta

  1. to respect, to value

Votic

Pronunciation

  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈɑhtɑː/, [ˈɑhtɑ]
  • Rhymes: -ɑhtɑː
  • Hyphenation: ah‧ta

Etymology 1

The spelling of this entry has been normalized from ahtaa according to the principles established by Wiktionary's editor community as described at Wiktionary:About Votic or recent spelling standards of the language.

From Proto-Finnic *aktadak, from Proto-Uralic *ëkta-.

Verb

ahta

  1. (transitive) to hang to dry (grain, hay, etc.)
Inflection
Conjugation of ahta (type II-1/kuttsua, ht-h gradation)
Indicative
Present Perfect
positive negative positive negative
1st singular ahan en aha 1st singular õõn ahtõnnu en õõ ahtõnnu
2nd singular ahad ed aha 2nd singular õõd ahtõnnu ed õõ ahtõnnu
3rd singular ahab eb aha 3rd singular on ahtõnnu eb õõ ahtõnnu
1st plural ahammõ emmä aha 1st plural õõmmõ ahtõnnu emmä õõ ahtõnnu
2nd plural ahattõ että aha 2nd plural õõttõ ahtõnnu että õõ ahtõnnu
3rd plural ahõta eväd aha 3rd plural õlla ahõttu eväd õõ ahõttu
impersonal ahõta eväd aha impersonal õlla ahõttu eväd õõ ahõttu
Imperfect Pluperfect
positive negative positive negative
1st singular ahtõzin en ahtõnnu 1st singular õlin ahtõnnu
2nd singular ahtõzid ed ahtõnnu 2nd singular õlid ahtõnnu
3rd singular ahtõ eb ahtõnnu 3rd singular õli ahtõnnu
1st plural ahtõzimmõ emmä ahtõnnu 1st plural õlimmõ ahtõnnu
2nd plural ahtõzittõ että ahtõnnu 2nd plural õlittõ ahtõnnu
3rd plural ahõtti eväd ahõttu 3rd plural õlti ahõttu
impersonal ahõtti eväd ahõttu impersonal õlti ahõttu
Conditional
Present Perfect
positive negative positive negative
1st singular ahtaizin en ahtaizʹ 1st singular õll(õ)izin ahtõnnu en õll(õ)izʹ ahtõnnu
2nd singular ahtaizid ed ahtaizʹ 2nd singular õll(õ)izid ahtõnnu ed õll(õ)izʹ ahtõnnu
3rd singular ahtaizʹ eb ahtaizʹ 3rd singular õll(õ)izʹ ahtõnnu eb õll(õ)izʹ ahtõnnu
1st plural ahtaizimmõ emmä ahtaizʹ 1st plural õll(õ)izimmõ ahtõnnu emmä õll(õ)izʹ ahtõnnu
2nd plural ahtaizittõ että ahtaizʹ 2nd plural õll(õ)izittõ ahtõnnu että õll(õ)izʹ ahtõnnu
3rd plural ahõttaizʹ eväd ahõttaizʹ 3rd plural õltaizʹ ahõttu eväd õltaizʹ ahõttu
impersonal ahõttaizʹ eväd ahõttaizʹ impersonal õltaizʹ ahõttu eväd õltaizʹ ahõttu
Imperative
Present
positive negative
1st singular
2nd singular aha elä aha
3rd singular ahtõgo1) elko ahtõgo1)
1st plural
2nd plural ahtõga elka ahtõga
3rd plural ahtõgod1)
impersonal
Nominal forms
Infinitives Participles
active passive
1st ahta present ahtõjõ2)
2nd illative ahtõma past ahtõnnu ahõttu
inessive ahtõmõz 1) using la is more common
2) also used as the agent noun
elative ahtõmõssõ
abessive ahtõmõttõ

References

  • Hallap, V.; Adler, E.; Grünberg, S.; Leppik, M. (2012), “ahtaa”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn

Etymology 2

Adjective

ahta

  1. genitive/illative singular of ahaz