From Proto-Finnic *avait'ak, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *aŋa-. Cognate with Finnish avata.
avama (da-infinitive avada)
| indicative | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present | perfect | ||||||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | ||||
| 1st sing. | avan | ei ava | 1st sing. | olen avanud | ei ole avanud pole avanud | ||||
| 2nd sing. | avad | 2nd sing. | oled avanud | ||||||
| 3rd sing. | avab | 3rd sing. | on avanud | ||||||
| 1st plur. | avame | 1st plur. | oleme avanud | ||||||
| 2nd plur. | avate | 2nd plur. | olete avanud | ||||||
| 3rd plur. | avavad | 3rd plur. | on avanud | ||||||
| passive | avatakse | ei avata | passive | on avatud | ei ole avatud pole avatud | ||||
| past | pluperfect | ||||||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | ||||
| 1st sing. | avasin | ei avanud | 1st sing. | olin avanud | ei olnud avanud polnud avanud | ||||
| 2nd sing. | avasid | 2nd sing. | olid avanud | ||||||
| 3rd sing. | avas | 3rd sing. | oli avanud | ||||||
| 1st plur. | avasime | 1st plur. | olime avanud | ||||||
| 2nd plur. | avasite | 2nd plur. | olite avanud | ||||||
| 3rd plur. | avasid | 3rd plur. | oli avanud | ||||||
| passive | avati | ei avatud | passive | oli avatud | ei olnud avatud polnud avatud | ||||
| conditional | |||||||||
| present | perfect | ||||||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | ||||
| 1st sing. | avaksin | ei avaks | 1st sing. | avanuksin oleksin avanud |
ei avanuks ei oleks avanud poleks avanud | ||||
| 2nd sing. | avaksid | 2nd sing. | avanuksid oleksid avanud | ||||||
| 3rd sing. | avaks | 3rd sing. | avanuks oleks avanud | ||||||
| 1st plur. | avaksime | 1st plur. | avanuksime oleksime avanud | ||||||
| 2nd plur. | avaksite | 2nd plur. | avanuksite oleksite avanud | ||||||
| 3rd plur. | avaksid | 3rd plur. | avanuksid oleksid avanud | ||||||
| passive | avataks | ei avataks | passive | oleks avatud | ei oleks avatud poleks avatud | ||||
| imperative | |||||||||
| present | perfect | ||||||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | ||||
| 1st sing. | — | — | 1st sing. | — | — | ||||
| 2nd sing. | ava | ära ava | 2nd sing. | ole avanud | ära ole avanud | ||||
| 3rd sing. | avagu | ärgu avagu | 3rd sing. | olgu avanud | ärgu olgu avanud | ||||
| 1st plur. | avagem | ärme avame ärme ava ärgem avagem |
1st plur. | olgem avanud | ärme oleme avanud ärme ole avanud ärgem olgem avanud | ||||
| 2nd plur. | avage | ärge avage | 2nd plur. | olge avanud | ärge olge avanud | ||||
| 3rd plur. | avagu | ärgu avagu | 3rd plur. | olgu avanud | ärgu olgu avanud | ||||
| passive | avatagu | ärgu avatagu | passive | olgu avatud | ärgu olgu avatud | ||||
| quotative | |||||||||
| present | perfect | ||||||||
| voice | positive | negative | voice | positive | negative | ||||
| active | avavat | ei avavat | active | olevat avanud | ei olevat avanud polevat avanud | ||||
| passive | avatavat | ei avatavat | passive | olevat avatud | ei olevat avatud polevat avatud | ||||
| Nominal forms | |||||||||
| ma-infinitive | active | passive | da-infinitive | present | past | ||||
| nominative | avama | avatama | nominative | avada | olla avanud | ||||
| illative | — | inessive | avades | olles avanud | |||||
| inessive | avamas | participle | active | passive | |||||
| elative | avamast | present | avav | avatav | |||||
| translative | avamaks | past | avanud | avatud | |||||
| abessive | avamata | negative | avamatu | — | |||||