Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/avait'ak
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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
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 | *avaitkasën | *avaitkosën |
| 1st plur. | *avaidakmëk *avaidakmak |
*avaicimëk *avaicimak |
*avaitkatëmëk *avaitkatamak |
*avaitkotëmëk *avaitkotamak |
| 2nd plur. | *avaidaktëk *avaidaktak |
*avaicidëk *avaicidak |
*avaitkatë *avaitkata |
*avaitkot'ëk *avaitkotadak |
| 3rd plur. | *avaidabat *avait |
*avaici | *avaitkasën | *avaitkosën |
| passive | *avaidaksën *avaidat'aksën |
*avaittisën *avaidattihën |
*avaittakahën *avaidattagasën |
*avaittakohën *avaidattagosën |
| connegative | *avaidak | — | *avaitkak | *avaitkok |
| passive connegative | *avaidaktak | — | *avaittagak *avaidattagak |
*avaittagok *avaidattagok |
| conditional 1 | conditional 2 | potential | ||
| 1st sing. | *avaidakcin | *avaicicin | *avainnën | |
| 2nd sing. | *avaidakcit | *avaicicit | *avainnët | |
| 3rd sing. | *avaidakci | *avaicici | *avainni | |
| 1st plur. | *avaidakcimëk *avaidakcimak |
*avaicicimëk *avaicicimak |
*avainnëmëk *avainnëmak | |
| 2nd plur. | *avaidakcidëk *avaidakcidak |
*avaicicidëk *avaicicidak |
*avainnëdëk *avainnëdak | |
| 3rd plur. | *avaidakci | *avaicici | *avainni | |
| passive | *avait'akcihën *avaidat'akcisën |
*avaitticihën *avaidatticisën |
*avaittanëhën *avaidattanësën | |
| connegative | *avaidakcik | *avaicicik | *avainnëk | |
| passive connegative | *avait'akcik *avaidat'akcik |
*avaitticik *avaidatticik |
*avaittanëk *avaidattanëk | |
| non-finite forms | infinitives/nouns | participles | ||
| active | passive | |||
| infinitive 1 | *avait'ak | present | *avaidapa | *avaittapa *avaidattaba |
| infinitive 2 | *avaittë- | past | *avainnut | *avaittu *avaidattu |
| gerund/supine | *avaidama | |||
| action noun | *avaidaminen | |||
Descendants
- Estonian: avama/avada
- Finnish: avata
- Ingrian: avata
- Karelian:
- Livonian: ovātõ
- Livvi: avata
- Ludian: avaita, avaitta
- Veps: avaita
- Votic: avatõ
Further reading
- “avama”, in Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
- Entry #16 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.