< Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic
Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/avait'ak
 | This Proto-Finnic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence. |
Proto-Finnic
Etymology
*ava + *-it'ak
Verb
*avait'ak (stem *avaida-)
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Inflection
Inflection of *avait'ak
| Note: The Proto-Finnic conjugation system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | ||||
| present | past | imperative | optative | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sing. | *avaidan | *avaicin | — | *avaitkon |
| 2nd sing. | *avaidat | *avaicit | *avaidak | *avaitkos |
| 3rd sing. | *avaidapi *avait | *avaici | *avaitkasen | *avaitkosen |
| 1st plur. | *avaidakmek *avaidakmak | *avaicimek *avaicimak | *avaitkatemek *avaitkatamak | *avaitkotemek *avaitkotamak |
| 2nd plur. | *avaidaktek *avaidaktak | *avaicidek *avaicidak | *avaitkate *avaitkata | *avaitkot'ek *avaitkotadak |
| 3rd plur. | *avaidabat *avait | *avaici | *avaitkasen | *avaitkosen |
| passive | *avaidaksen | *avaittisen *avaidattihen | *avaittakahen *avaidattagasen | *avaittakohen *avaidattagosen |
| connegative | *avaidak | — | *avaitkak | *avaitkok |
| passive connegative | *avaidaktak | — | *avaittagak *avaidattagak | *avaittagok *avaidattagok |
| conditional 1 | conditional 2 | potential | ||
| 1st sing. | *avaidakcin | *avaicicin | *avainnen | |
| 2nd sing. | *avaidakcit | *avaicicit | *avainnet | |
| 3rd sing. | *avaidakci | *avaicici | *avainni | |
| 1st plur. | *avaidakcimek *avaidakcimak | *avaicicimek *avaicicimak | *avainnemek *avainnemak | |
| 2nd plur. | *avaidakcidek *avaidakcidak | *avaicicidek *avaicicidak | *avainnedek *avainnedak | |
| 3rd plur. | *avaidakci | *avaicici | *avainni | |
| passive | *avait'akcihen *avaidat'akcisen | *avaitticihen *avaidatticisen | *avaittanehen *avaidattanesen | |
| connegative | *avaidakcik | *avaicicik | *avainnek | |
| passive connegative | *avait'akcik *avaidat'akcik | *avaitticik *avaidatticik | *avaittanek *avaidattanek | |
| non-finite forms | infinitives/nouns | participles | ||
| active | passive | |||
| infinitive 1 | *avait'ak | present | *avaidapa | *avaittapa *avaidattaba |
| infinitive 2 | *avaitte- | past | *avainnut | *avaittu *avaidattu |
| gerund/supine | *avaidama | |||
| action noun | *avaidaminen | |||
Descendants
- Estonian: avama/avada
- Finnish: avata
- Ingrian: avata
- Karelian: avata
- Livonian: ovātõ
- Livvi: avata
- Ludian: avaita, avaitta
- Veps: avaita
- Votic: avatõ
Further reading
- avama in Metsmägi, Iris; Sedrik, Meeli; Soosaar, Sven-Erik (2012), Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut, →ISBN
- Entry #16 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungary.