imettä
Votic
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Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *imettädäk.
Pronunciation
- (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈimetːæː/, [ˈimʲetʲːæ]
- Rhymes: -imetːæː
- Hyphenation: i‧met‧tä
Verb
imettä
- (transitive) to suckle, breastfeed
Inflection
| Conjugation of imettä (type III-1/tuntõa, tt-t gradation) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicative | |||||
| Present | Perfect | ||||
| positive | negative | positive | negative | ||
| 1st singular | imeten | en imete | 1st singular | õõn imettennü | en õõ imettennü |
| 2nd singular | imeted | ed imete | 2nd singular | õõd imettennü | ed õõ imettennü |
| 3rd singular | imeteb | eb imete | 3rd singular | on imettennü | eb õõ imettennü |
| 1st plural | imetemme | emmä imete | 1st plural | õõmmõ imettennü | emmä õõ imettennü |
| 2nd plural | imetette | että imete | 2nd plural | õõttõ imettennü | että õõ imettennü |
| 3rd plural | imetetä | eväd imete | 3rd plural | õlla imetettü | eväd õõ imetettü |
| impersonal | imetetä | eväd imete | impersonal | õlla imetettü | eväd õõ imetettü |
| Imperfect | Pluperfect | ||||
| positive | negative | positive | negative | ||
| 1st singular | imetin | en imettennü | 1st singular | õlin imettennü | — |
| 2nd singular | imetid | ed imettennü | 2nd singular | õlid imettennü | — |
| 3rd singular | imetti | eb imettennü | 3rd singular | õli imettennü | — |
| 1st plural | imetimme | emmä imettennü | 1st plural | õlimmõ imettennü | — |
| 2nd plural | imetitte | että imettennü | 2nd plural | õlittõ imettennü | — |
| 3rd plural | imetetti | eväd imetettü | 3rd plural | õlti imetettü | — |
| impersonal | imetetti | eväd imetettü | impersonal | õlti imetettü | — |
| Conditional | |||||
| Present | Perfect | ||||
| positive | negative | positive | negative | ||
| 1st singular | imettäizin | en imettäizʹ | 1st singular | õll(õ)izin imettennü | en õll(õ)izʹ imettennü |
| 2nd singular | imettäizid | ed imettäizʹ | 2nd singular | õll(õ)izid imettennü | ed õll(õ)izʹ imettennü |
| 3rd singular | imettäizʹ | eb imettäizʹ | 3rd singular | õll(õ)izʹ imettennü | eb õll(õ)izʹ imettennü |
| 1st plural | imettäizimme | emmä imettäizʹ | 1st plural | õll(õ)izimmõ imettennü | emmä õll(õ)izʹ imettennü |
| 2nd plural | imettäizitte | että imettäizʹ | 2nd plural | õll(õ)izittõ imettennü | että õll(õ)izʹ imettennü |
| 3rd plural | imetettäizʹ | eväd imetettäizʹ | 3rd plural | õltaizʹ imetettü | eväd õltaizʹ imetettü |
| impersonal | imetettäizʹ | eväd imetettäizʹ | impersonal | õltaizʹ imetettü | eväd õltaizʹ imetettü |
| Imperative | |||||
| Present | |||||
| positive | negative | ||||
| 1st singular | — | — | |||
| 2nd singular | imete | elä imete | |||
| 3rd singular | imettego1) | elko imettego1) | |||
| 1st plural | — | — | |||
| 2nd plural | imettega | elka imettega | |||
| 3rd plural | imettegod1) | — | |||
| impersonal | — | — | |||
| Nominal forms | |||||
| Infinitives | Participles | ||||
| active | passive | ||||
| 1st | imettä | present | imetteje2) | — | |
| 2nd | illative | imettemä | past | imettennü | imetettü |
| inessive | imettemez | 1) using la is more common 2) also used as the agent noun | |||
| elative | imettemesse | ||||
| abessive | imettemette | ||||
References
- Hallap, V.; Adler, E.; Grünberg, S.; Leppik, M. (2012), “imettää”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn