Derived from Proto-Finnic *lama, from Proto-Germanic *lamaz. Compare English lame. Cognate to Finnish lama (“depression”), lamata (“to paralyse”), and Votic lamata (“to lay, to fell”).
lamama (da-infinitive lamada)
| indicative | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present | perfect | ||||||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | ||||
| 1st sing. | laman | ei lama | 1st sing. | olen lamanud | ei ole lamanud pole lamanud | ||||
| 2nd sing. | lamad | 2nd sing. | oled lamanud | ||||||
| 3rd sing. | lamab | 3rd sing. | on lamanud | ||||||
| 1st plur. | lamame | 1st plur. | oleme lamanud | ||||||
| 2nd plur. | lamate | 2nd plur. | olete lamanud | ||||||
| 3rd plur. | lamavad | 3rd plur. | on lamanud | ||||||
| impersonal | lamatakse | ei lamata | impersonal | on lamatud | ei ole lamatud pole lamatud | ||||
| past | pluperfect | ||||||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | ||||
| 1st sing. | lamasin | ei lamanud | 1st sing. | olin lamanud | ei olnud lamanud polnud lamanud | ||||
| 2nd sing. | lamasid | 2nd sing. | olid lamanud | ||||||
| 3rd sing. | lamas | 3rd sing. | oli lamanud | ||||||
| 1st plur. | lamasime | 1st plur. | olime lamanud | ||||||
| 2nd plur. | lamasite | 2nd plur. | olite lamanud | ||||||
| 3rd plur. | lamasid | 3rd plur. | oli lamanud | ||||||
| impersonal | lamati | ei lamatud | impersonal | oli lamatud | ei olnud lamatud polnud lamatud | ||||
| conditional | |||||||||
| present | perfect | ||||||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | ||||
| 1st sing. | lamaksin | ei lamaks | 1st sing. | lamanuksin oleksin lamanud |
ei lamanuks ei oleks lamanud poleks lamanud | ||||
| 2nd sing. | lamaksid | 2nd sing. | lamanuksid oleksid lamanud | ||||||
| 3rd sing. | lamaks | 3rd sing. | lamanuks oleks lamanud | ||||||
| 1st plur. | lamaksime | 1st plur. | lamanuksime oleksime lamanud | ||||||
| 2nd plur. | lamaksite | 2nd plur. | lamanuksite oleksite lamanud | ||||||
| 3rd plur. | lamaksid | 3rd plur. | lamanuksid oleksid lamanud | ||||||
| impersonal | lamataks | ei lamataks | impersonal | oleks lamatud | ei oleks lamatud poleks lamatud | ||||
| imperative | |||||||||
| present | perfect | ||||||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | ||||
| 1st sing. | — | — | 1st sing. | — | — | ||||
| 2nd sing. | lama | ära lama | 2nd sing. | ole lamanud | ära ole lamanud | ||||
| 3rd sing. | lamagu | ärgu lamagu | 3rd sing. | olgu lamanud | ärgu olgu lamanud | ||||
| 1st plur. | lamagem | ärme lamame ärme lama ärgem lamagem |
1st plur. | olgem lamanud | ärme oleme lamanud ärme ole lamanud ärgem olgem lamanud | ||||
| 2nd plur. | lamage | ärge lamage | 2nd plur. | olge lamanud | ärge olge lamanud | ||||
| 3rd plur. | lamagu | ärgu lamagu | 3rd plur. | olgu lamanud | ärgu olgu lamanud | ||||
| impersonal | lamatagu | ärgu lamatagu | impersonal | olgu lamatud | ärgu olgu lamatud | ||||
| quotative | |||||||||
| present | perfect | ||||||||
| voice | positive | negative | voice | positive | negative | ||||
| active | lamavat | ei lamavat | active | olevat lamanud | ei olevat lamanud polevat lamanud | ||||
| passive | lamatavat | ei lamatavat | passive | olevat lamatud | ei olevat lamatud polevat lamatud | ||||
| Nominal forms | |||||||||
| ma-infinitive | active | passive | da-infinitive | present | past | ||||
| nominative | lamama | lamatama | nominative | lamada | olla lamanud | ||||
| illative | — | inessive | lamades | olles lamanud | |||||
| inessive | lamamas | participle | active | passive | |||||
| elative | lamamast | present | lamav | lamatav | |||||
| translative | lamamaks | past | lamanud | lamatud | |||||
| abessive | lamamata | negative | lamamatu | — | |||||