vȱlda
See also: Volda
Livonian
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *oldak.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈvɤːldɑ/, [ˈvɤːldɑ]
Verb
vȱlda
- (intransitive) to be
- 2012–2013, “vȱlda”, in Tiit-Rein Viitso, Valts Ernštreits, editors, Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz [Livonian-Estonian-Latvian Dictionary][5], Tartu, Riga: Tartu Ülikool, Latviešu valodas aģentūra:
- minnõn äb ūo sinstõ äb lemmõ, äb kilmõ
- I couldn't care less about you
- (literally, “to me it is neither warm nor cold from you”)
- 2012–2013, “vȱlda”, in Tiit-Rein Viitso, Valts Ernštreits, editors, Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz [Livonian-Estonian-Latvian Dictionary][6], Tartu, Riga: Tartu Ülikool, Latviešu valodas aģentūra:
- sa äd ūo mägūd tagān, sa ūod rovd barāsõ
- you are not living in wilderness, you are among people
- (literally, “you are not over mountains, you are among people”)
- (impersonal + dative) to have (possess)
Conjugation
1) imperative-like constructions possible with la’z (“so that”) + jussive: la’z ma/ta vȯlkõ, la’z ne vȯlkõd
2) rare, using indicative present more common, la’z + jussive construction possible: la’z mēg vȯlkõd
3) possible to imply an indirect request by using jussive negative: algõ ma/ta vȯlkõ, algõd ne vȯlkõd