Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/odot'ëldak
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Proto-Finnic
Etymology
From *odottadak + *-(e)ldak.
Verb
*odot'ëldak (stem *odottëlë-)
- to wait (about)
Inflection
Inflection of *odot'ëldak
| 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. | *odottëlën | *odottëlin | — | *odot'ëlgon |
| 2nd sing. | *odottëlët | *odottëlit | *odottëlëk | *odot'ëlgos |
| 3rd sing. | *odottëlëbi *odot'ël |
*odottëli | *odot'ëlkahën | *odot'ëlkohën |
| 1st plur. | *odottëlëkmëk *odottëlëkmak |
*odottëlimëk *odottëlimak |
*odot'ëlkadëmëk *odot'ëlkadamak |
*odot'ëlkodëmëk *odot'ëlkodamak |
| 2nd plur. | *odottëlëktëk *odottëlëktak |
*odottëlidëk *odottëlidak |
*odot'ëlkadë *odot'ëlkada |
*odot'ëlgot'ëk *odot'ëlkodadak |
| 3rd plur. | *odottëlëbat *odot'ël |
*odottëli | *odot'ëlkahën | *odot'ëlkohën |
| passive | *odottëlëksën *odottëlët'aksën |
*odot'ëltihën *odottëlëttisën |
*odot'ëltagasën *odottëlëttakahën |
*odot'ëltagosën *odottëlëttakohën |
| connegative | *odottëlëk | — | *odot'ëlgak | *odot'ëlgok |
| passive connegative | *odottëlëktak | — | *odot'ëltagak *odottëlëttagak |
*odot'ëltagok *odottëlëttagok |
| conditional 1 | conditional 2 | potential | ||
| 1st sing. | *odottëlëkcin | *odottëlicin | *odot'ëllën | |
| 2nd sing. | *odottëlëkcit | *odottëlicit | *odot'ëllët | |
| 3rd sing. | *odottëlëkci | *odottëlici | *odot'ëlli | |
| 1st plur. | *odottëlëkcimëk *odottëlëkcimak |
*odottëlicimëk *odottëlicimak |
*odot'ëllëmëk *odot'ëllëmak | |
| 2nd plur. | *odottëlëkcidëk *odottëlëkcidak |
*odottëlicidëk *odottëlicidak |
*odot'ëllëdëk *odot'ëllëdak | |
| 3rd plur. | *odottëlëkci | *odottëlici | *odot'ëlli | |
| passive | *odot'ëldakcisën *odottëlët'akcihën |
*odot'ëlticisën *odottëlëtticihën |
*odot'ëltanësën *odottëlëttanëhën | |
| connegative | *odottëlëkcik | *odottëlicik | *odot'ëllëk | |
| passive connegative | *odot'ëldakcik *odottëlët'akcik |
*odot'ëlticik *odottëlëtticik |
*odot'ëltanëk *odottëlëttanëk | |
| non-finite forms | infinitives/nouns | participles | ||
| active | passive | |||
| infinitive 1 | *odot'ëldak | present | *odottëlëba | *odot'ëltaba *odottëlëttapa |
| infinitive 2 | *odot'ëltë- | past | *odot'ëllut | *odot'ëltu *odottëlëttu |
| gerund/supine | *odottëlëma | |||
| action noun | *odottëlëminen | |||
Descendants
- Finnish: odotella
- Ingrian: ootella
- Karelian:
- Livonian: vȯ’dlõ
- Livvi: vuotella
- Ludian: vuotelta, vuotelda
- Votic: ootõllõ
Further reading
- Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “odottaa”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSA 1992–2000"), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN