kaveta
Finnish
Etymology
From kapea + -eta.
Verb
kaveta
- To narrow (intransitive: to get narrower).
- Tie kapenee. = The road narrows.
Conjugation
| Inflection of kaveta (Kotus type 72/vanheta, p-v gradation) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indicative mood | ||||||
| present tense | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | kapenen | en kapene | 1st sing. | olen kavennut | en ole kavennut | |
| 2nd sing. | kapenet | et kapene | 2nd sing. | olet kavennut | et ole kavennut | |
| 3rd sing. | kapenee | ei kapene | 3rd sing. | on kavennut | ei ole kavennut | |
| 1st plur. | kapenemme | emme kapene | 1st plur. | olemme kavenneet | emme ole kavenneet | |
| 2nd plur. | kapenette | ette kapene | 2nd plur. | olette kavenneet | ette ole kavenneet | |
| 3rd plur. | kapenevat | eivät kapene | 3rd plur. | ovat kavenneet | eivät ole kavenneet | |
| passive | kavetaan | ei kaveta | passive | on kavettu | ei ole kavettu | |
| past tense | pluperfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | kapenin | en kavennut | 1st sing. | olin kavennut | en ollut kavennut | |
| 2nd sing. | kapenit | et kavennut | 2nd sing. | olit kavennut | et ollut kavennut | |
| 3rd sing. | kapeni | ei kavennut | 3rd sing. | oli kavennut | ei ollut kavennut | |
| 1st plur. | kapenimme | emme kavenneet | 1st plur. | olimme kavenneet | emme olleet kavenneet | |
| 2nd plur. | kapenitte | ette kavenneet | 2nd plur. | olitte kavenneet | ette olleet kavenneet | |
| 3rd plur. | kapenivat | eivät kavenneet | 3rd plur. | olivat kavenneet | eivät olleet kavenneet | |
| passive | kavettiin | ei kavettu | passive | oli kavettu | ei ollut kavettu | |
| conditional mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | kapenisin | en kapenisi | 1st sing. | olisin kavennut | en olisi kavennut | |
| 2nd sing. | kapenisit | et kapenisi | 2nd sing. | olisit kavennut | et olisi kavennut | |
| 3rd sing. | kapenisi | ei kapenisi | 3rd sing. | olisi kavennut | ei olisi kavennut | |
| 1st plur. | kapenisimme | emme kapenisi | 1st plur. | olisimme kavenneet | emme olisi kavenneet | |
| 2nd plur. | kapenisitte | ette kapenisi | 2nd plur. | olisitte kavenneet | ette olisi kavenneet | |
| 3rd plur. | kapenisivat | eivät kapenisi | 3rd plur. | olisivat kavenneet | eivät olisi kavenneet | |
| passive | kavettaisiin | ei kavettaisi | passive | olisi kavettu | ei olisi kavettu | |
| imperative mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | — | — | 1st sing. | — | — | |
| 2nd sing. | kapene | älä kapene | 2nd sing. | ole kavennut | älä ole kavennut | |
| 3rd sing. | kavetkoon | älköön kavetko | 3rd sing. | olkoon kavennut | älköön olko kavennut | |
| 1st plur. | kavetkaamme | älkäämme kavetko | 1st plur. | olkaamme kavenneet | älkäämme olko kavenneet | |
| 2nd plur. | kavetkaa | älkää kavetko | 2nd plur. | olkaa kavenneet | älkää olko kavenneet | |
| 3rd plur. | kavetkoot | älkööt kavetko | 3rd plur. | olkoot kavenneet | älkööt olko kavenneet | |
| passive | kavettakoon | älköön kavettako | passive | olkoon kavettu | älköön olko kavettu | |
| potential mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | kavennen | en kavenne | 1st sing. | lienen kavennut | en liene kavennut | |
| 2nd sing. | kavennet | et kavenne | 2nd sing. | lienet kavennut | et liene kavennut | |
| 3rd sing. | kavennee | ei kavenne | 3rd sing. | lienee kavennut | ei liene kavennut | |
| 1st plur. | kavennemme | emme kavenne | 1st plur. | lienemme kavenneet | emme liene kavenneet | |
| 2nd plur. | kavennette | ette kavenne | 2nd plur. | lienette kavenneet | ette liene kavenneet | |
| 3rd plur. | kavennevat | eivät kavenne | 3rd plur. | lienevät kavenneet | eivät liene kavenneet | |
| passive | kavettaneen | ei kavettane | passive | lienee kavettu | ei liene kavettu | |
| Nominal forms | ||||||
| infinitives | participles | |||||
| active | passive | active | passive | |||
| 1st | kaveta | present | kapeneva | kavettava | ||
| long 1st2 | kavetakseen | past | kavennut | kavettu | ||
| 2nd | inessive1 | kavetessa | kavettaessa | agent1, 3 | kapenema | |
| instructive | kaveten | — | negative | kapenematon | ||
| 3rd | inessive | kapenemassa | — | 1) Usually with a possessive suffix. 2) Used only with a possessive suffix; this is the form for the third-person singular and third-person plural. | ||
| elative | kapenemasta | — | ||||
| illative | kapenemaan | — | ||||
| adessive | kapenemalla | — | ||||
| abessive | kapenematta | — | ||||
| instructive | kapeneman | kavettaman | ||||
| 4th | nominative | kapeneminen | ||||
| partitive | kapenemista | |||||
| 5th2 | kapenemaisillaan | |||||
Synonyms
- kaventua
Derived terms
- kaventaa
Anagrams
- vekata