manama
Estonian
Etymology
From Proto-Uralic *mënᴈ- (“to say”), or possibly from Proto-Germanic *manōną, compare German mahnen. Cognate to Finnish manata and Ingrian manada.
Verb
manama (da-infinitive manada)
- to use words in a magical way
- Nõid manas kepi ussiks.
- The witch turned the stick into a snake.
- Manatark manas esivanemate vaime välja.
- The shaman summoned the ancestors' spirits.
- to curse
- Naine manas oma joodikut meest.
- The woman cursed his drunkard husband.
- (figuratively) to imagine
Conjugation
Inflection of manama (ÕS type 27/elama, no gradation)
| indicative | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present | perfect | ||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative |
| 1st sing. | manan | ei mana | 1st sing. | olen mananud | ei ole mananud pole mananud |
| 2nd sing. | manad | 2nd sing. | oled mananud | ||
| 3rd sing. | manab | 3rd sing. | on mananud | ||
| 1st plur. | maname | 1st plur. | oleme mananud | ||
| 2nd plur. | manate | 2nd plur. | olete mananud | ||
| 3rd plur. | manavad | 3rd plur. | on mananud | ||
| passive | manatakse | ei manata | passive | on manatud | ei ole manatud pole manatud |
| past | pluperfect | ||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative |
| 1st sing. | manasin | ei mananud | 1st sing. | olin mananud | ei olnud mananud polnud mananud |
| 2nd sing. | manasid | 2nd sing. | olid mananud | ||
| 3rd sing. | manas | 3rd sing. | oli mananud | ||
| 1st plur. | manasime | 1st plur. | olime mananud | ||
| 2nd plur. | manasite | 2nd plur. | olite mananud | ||
| 3rd plur. | manasid | 3rd plur. | oli mananud | ||
| passive | manati | ei manatud | passive | oli manatud | ei olnud manatud polnud manatud |
| conditional | |||||
| present | perfect | ||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative |
| 1st sing. | manaksin | ei manaks | 1st sing. | oleksin mananud | ei oleks mananud poleks mananud |
| 2nd sing. | manaksid | 2nd sing. | oleksid mananud | ||
| 3rd sing. | manaks | 3rd sing. | oleks mananud | ||
| 1st plur. | manaksime | 1st plur. | oleksime mananud | ||
| 2nd plur. | manaksite | 2nd plur. | oleksite mananud | ||
| 3rd plur. | manaksid | 3rd plur. | oleksid mananud | ||
| passive | manataks | ei manataks | passive | oleks manatud | ei oleks manatud poleks manatud |
| imperative | |||||
| present | perfect | ||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative |
| 1st sing. | — | — | 1st sing. | — | — |
| 2nd sing. | mana | ära mana | 2nd sing. | — | — |
| 3rd sing. | managu | ärgu managu | 3rd sing. | olgu mananud | ärgu olgu mananud |
| 1st plur. | managem | ärgem managem | 1st plur. | — | — |
| 2nd plur. | manage | ärge manage | 2nd plur. | — | — |
| 3rd plur. | managu | ärgu managu | 3rd plur. | olgu mananud | ärgu olgu mananud |
| passive | manatagu | ärgu manatagu | passive | olgu manatud | ärgu olgu manatud |
| quotative | |||||
| present | perfect | ||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative |
| active | manavat | ei manavat | active | olevat mananud | ei olevat mananud polevat mananud |
| passive | manatavat | ei manatavat | passive | olevat manatud | ei olevat manatud polevat manatud |
| Nominal forms | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ma-infinitive | da-infinitive | ||||||||
| active | passive | da-form | manada | ||||||
| nominative | manama | manatama | des-form | manades | |||||
| inessive | manamas | — | participle | ||||||
| elative | manamast | — | active | passive | |||||
| translative | manamaks | — | present | manav | manatav | ||||
| abessive | manamata | — | past | mananud | manatud | ||||