embama
Estonian
Etymology
Coined ex nihilo. Most likely influenced by ümber (“around”) and French embrasser (“to hug, to embrace”).
Verb
embama (da-infinitive emmata)
- to embrace, to hug
Conjugation
Inflection of embama (ÕS type 29/hüppama, mb-mm gradation)
| indicative | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present | perfect | ||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative |
| 1st sing. | emban | ei emba | 1st sing. | olen emmanud | ei ole emmanud pole emmanud |
| 2nd sing. | embad | 2nd sing. | oled emmanud | ||
| 3rd sing. | embab | 3rd sing. | on emmanud | ||
| 1st plur. | embame | 1st plur. | oleme emmanud | ||
| 2nd plur. | embate | 2nd plur. | olete emmanud | ||
| 3rd plur. | embavad | 3rd plur. | on emmanud | ||
| passive | emmatakse | ei emmata | passive | on emmatud | ei ole emmatud pole emmatud |
| past | pluperfect | ||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative |
| 1st sing. | embasin | ei emmanud | 1st sing. | olin emmanud | ei olnud emmanud polnud emmanud |
| 2nd sing. | embasid | 2nd sing. | olid emmanud | ||
| 3rd sing. | embas | 3rd sing. | oli emmanud | ||
| 1st plur. | embasime | 1st plur. | olime emmanud | ||
| 2nd plur. | embasite | 2nd plur. | olite emmanud | ||
| 3rd plur. | embasid | 3rd plur. | oli emmanud | ||
| passive | emmati | ei emmatud | passive | oli emmatud | ei olnud emmatud polnud emmatud |
| conditional | |||||
| present | perfect | ||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative |
| 1st sing. | embaksin | ei embaks | 1st sing. | oleksin emmanud | ei oleks emmanud poleks emmanud |
| 2nd sing. | embaksid | 2nd sing. | oleksid emmanud | ||
| 3rd sing. | embaks | 3rd sing. | oleks emmanud | ||
| 1st plur. | embaksime | 1st plur. | oleksime emmanud | ||
| 2nd plur. | embaksite | 2nd plur. | oleksite emmanud | ||
| 3rd plur. | embaksid | 3rd plur. | oleksid emmanud | ||
| passive | emmataks | ei emmataks | passive | oleks emmatud | ei oleks emmatud poleks emmatud |
| imperative | |||||
| present | perfect | ||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative |
| 1st sing. | — | — | 1st sing. | — | — |
| 2nd sing. | emba | ära emba | 2nd sing. | — | — |
| 3rd sing. | emmaku | ärgu emmaku | 3rd sing. | olgu emmanud | ärgu olgu emmanud |
| 1st plur. | emmakem | ärgem emmakem | 1st plur. | — | — |
| 2nd plur. | emmake | ärge emmake | 2nd plur. | — | — |
| 3rd plur. | emmaku | ärgu emmaku | 3rd plur. | olgu emmanud | ärgu olgu emmanud |
| passive | emmatagu | ärgu emmatagu | passive | olgu emmatud | ärgu olgu emmatud |
| quotative | |||||
| present | perfect | ||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative |
| active | embavat | ei embavat | active | olevat emmanud | ei olevat emmanud polevat emmanud |
| passive | emmatavat | ei emmatavat | passive | olevat emmatud | ei olevat emmatud polevat emmatud |
| Nominal forms | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ma-infinitive | da-infinitive | ||||||||
| active | passive | da-form | emmata | ||||||
| nominative | embama | emmatama | des-form | emmates | |||||
| inessive | embamas | — | participle | ||||||
| elative | embamast | — | active | passive | |||||
| translative | embamaks | — | present | embav | emmatav | ||||
| abessive | embamata | — | past | emmanud | emmatud | ||||
Synonyms
- kallistama
Derived terms
- embus