avatõ

Votic

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *avait'ak.

Pronunciation

• (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈɑvɑtɑ/, [ˈɑvɑtə̠]
• Rhymes: -ɑvɑtɑ
• Hyphenation: a‧va‧tõ

Verb

avatõ

1. (transitive) to open

Inflection

Conjugation of avatõ (type IV/vasatõ, no gradation)
Indicative
Present			Perfect
	positive	negative		positive	negative
1st singular	avvan	en avva	1st singular	õõn avannu	en õõ avannu
2nd singular	avvad	ed avva	2nd singular	õõd avannu	ed õõ avannu
3rd singular	avvab	eb avva	3rd singular	on avannu	eb õõ avannu
1st plural	avvammõ	emmä avva	1st plural	õõmmõ avannu	emmä õõ avannu
2nd plural	avvattõ	että avva	2nd plural	õõttõ avannu	että õõ avannu
3rd plural	avata	eväd avva	3rd plural	õlla avattu	eväd õõ avattu
impersonal	avata	eväd avva	impersonal	õlla avattu	eväd õõ avattu
Imperfect			Pluperfect
	positive	negative		positive	negative
1st singular	avazin	en avannu	1st singular	õlin avannu	—
2nd singular	avazid	ed avannu	2nd singular	õlid avannu	—
3rd singular	avazi	eb avannu	3rd singular	õli avannu	—
1st plural	avazimmõ	emmä avannu	1st plural	õlimmõ avannu	—
2nd plural	avazittõ	että avannu	2nd plural	õlittõ avannu	—
3rd plural	avatti	eväd avattu	3rd plural	õlti avattu	—
impersonal	avatti	eväd avattu	impersonal	õlti avattu	—
Conditional
Present			Perfect
	positive	negative		positive	negative
1st singular	avaizin	en avaizʹ	1st singular	õllõizin avannu	en õllõizʹ avannu
2nd singular	avaizid	ed avaizʹ	2nd singular	õllõizid avannu	ed õllõizʹ avannu
3rd singular	avaizʹ	eb avaizʹ	3rd singular	õllõizʹ avannu	eb õllõizʹ avannu
1st plural	avaizimmõ	emmä avaizʹ	1st plural	õllõizimmõ avannu	emmä õllõizʹ avannu
2nd plural	avaizittõ	että avaizʹ	2nd plural	õllõizittõ avannu	että õllõizʹ avannu
3rd plural	avattaizʹ	eväd avattaizʹ	3rd plural	õltaizʹ avattu	eväd õltaizʹ avattu
impersonal	avattaizʹ	eväd avattaizʹ	impersonal	õltaizʹ avattu	eväd õltaizʹ avattu
Imperative
Present
	positive	negative
1st singular	—	—
2nd singular	avva	elä avva
3rd singular	avatko	elko avatko
1st plural	—	—
2nd plural	avatka	elka avatka
3rd plural	avatkod	—
impersonal	—	—
Nominal forms
Infinitives			Participles
				active	passive
1st		avatõ	present	avvajõ1)	—
2nd	illative	avvama	past	avannu	avattu
	inessive	avvamõz	1) also used as the agent noun
	elative	avvamõssõ
	abessive	avvamõttõ

References

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