Coined ex nihilo by Johannes Aavik in 1921. Most likely influenced by ümber (“around”) and French embrasser (“to hug, to embrace”).
embama (da-infinitive emmata)
| indicative | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present | perfect | ||||||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | ||||
| 1st sing. | emban | ei emba | 1st sing. | olen emmanud | ei ole emmanud pole emmanud | ||||
| 2nd sing. | embad | 2nd sing. | oled emmanud | ||||||
| 3rd sing. | embab | 3rd sing. | on emmanud | ||||||
| 1st plur. | embame | 1st plur. | oleme emmanud | ||||||
| 2nd plur. | embate | 2nd plur. | olete emmanud | ||||||
| 3rd plur. | embavad | 3rd plur. | on emmanud | ||||||
| impersonal | emmatakse | ei emmata | impersonal | on emmatud | ei ole emmatud pole emmatud | ||||
| past | pluperfect | ||||||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | ||||
| 1st sing. | embasin | ei emmanud | 1st sing. | olin emmanud | ei olnud emmanud polnud emmanud | ||||
| 2nd sing. | embasid | 2nd sing. | olid emmanud | ||||||
| 3rd sing. | embas | 3rd sing. | oli emmanud | ||||||
| 1st plur. | embasime | 1st plur. | olime emmanud | ||||||
| 2nd plur. | embasite | 2nd plur. | olite emmanud | ||||||
| 3rd plur. | embasid | 3rd plur. | oli emmanud | ||||||
| impersonal | emmati | ei emmatud | impersonal | oli emmatud | ei olnud emmatud polnud emmatud | ||||
| conditional | |||||||||
| present | perfect | ||||||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | ||||
| 1st sing. | embaksin | ei embaks | 1st sing. | emmanuksin oleksin emmanud |
ei emmanuks ei oleks emmanud poleks emmanud | ||||
| 2nd sing. | embaksid | 2nd sing. | emmanuksid oleksid emmanud | ||||||
| 3rd sing. | embaks | 3rd sing. | emmanuks oleks emmanud | ||||||
| 1st plur. | embaksime | 1st plur. | emmanuksime oleksime emmanud | ||||||
| 2nd plur. | embaksite | 2nd plur. | emmanuksite oleksite emmanud | ||||||
| 3rd plur. | embaksid | 3rd plur. | emmanuksid oleksid emmanud | ||||||
| impersonal | emmataks | ei emmataks | impersonal | oleks emmatud | ei oleks emmatud poleks emmatud | ||||
| imperative | |||||||||
| present | perfect | ||||||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | ||||
| 1st sing. | — | — | 1st sing. | — | — | ||||
| 2nd sing. | emba | ära emba | 2nd sing. | ole emmanud | ära ole emmanud | ||||
| 3rd sing. | emmaku | ärgu emmaku | 3rd sing. | olgu emmanud | ärgu olgu emmanud | ||||
| 1st plur. | emmakem | ärme embame ärme emba ärgem emmakem |
1st plur. | olgem emmanud | ärme oleme emmanud ärme ole emmanud ärgem olgem emmanud | ||||
| 2nd plur. | emmake | ärge emmake | 2nd plur. | olge emmanud | ärge olge emmanud | ||||
| 3rd plur. | emmaku | ärgu emmaku | 3rd plur. | olgu emmanud | ärgu olgu emmanud | ||||
| impersonal | emmatagu | ärgu emmatagu | impersonal | olgu emmatud | ärgu olgu emmatud | ||||
| quotative | |||||||||
| present | perfect | ||||||||
| voice | positive | negative | voice | positive | negative | ||||
| active | embavat | ei embavat | active | olevat emmanud | ei olevat emmanud polevat emmanud | ||||
| passive | emmatavat | ei emmatavat | passive | olevat emmatud | ei olevat emmatud polevat emmatud | ||||
| Nominal forms | |||||||||
| ma-infinitive | active | passive | da-infinitive | present | past | ||||
| nominative | embama | emmatama | nominative | emmata | olla emmanud | ||||
| illative | — | inessive | emmates | olles emmanud | |||||
| inessive | embamas | participle | active | passive | |||||
| elative | embamast | present | embav | emmatav | |||||
| translative | embamaks | past | emmanud | emmatud | |||||
| abessive | embamata | negative | embamatu | — | |||||