laskõa

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Votic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *laskëdak, from Proto-Uralic *laćke-.

Pronunciation

  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈlɑskɤɑ̯/,
  • Rhymes: -ɑskɤɑ̯
  • Hyphenation: las‧kõa

Verb

laskõa

  1. (transitive) to let go, let loose, release
  2. (transitive) to let (do something)
  3. (transitive) to excrete, secrete
  4. (transitive) to put down, place down
  5. (transitive) to lower
  6. (transitive) to do, make

Inflection

Conjugation of laskõa (type III-1/tuntõa, sk-z gradation)
Indicative
Present Perfect
positive negative positive negative
1st singular lazõn en lazõ 1st singular õõn laskõnnu en õõ laskõnnu
2nd singular lazõd ed lazõ 2nd singular õõd laskõnnu ed õõ laskõnnu
3rd singular lazõb eb lazõ 3rd singular on laskõnnu eb õõ laskõnnu
1st plural lazõmmõ emmä lazõ 1st plural õõmmõ laskõnnu emmä õõ laskõnnu
2nd plural lazõttõ että lazõ 2nd plural õõttõ laskõnnu että õõ laskõnnu
3rd plural lazõta eväd lazõ 3rd plural õlla lazõttu eväd õõ lazõttu
impersonal lazõta eväd lazõ impersonal õlla lazõttu eväd õõ lazõttu
Imperfect Pluperfect
positive negative positive negative
1st singular lazin en laskõnnu 1st singular õlin laskõnnu
2nd singular lazid ed laskõnnu 2nd singular õlid laskõnnu
3rd singular laski eb laskõnnu 3rd singular õli laskõnnu
1st plural lazimmõ emmä laskõnnu 1st plural õlimmõ laskõnnu
2nd plural lazittõ että laskõnnu 2nd plural õlittõ laskõnnu
3rd plural lazõtti eväd lazõttu 3rd plural õlti lazõttu
impersonal lazõtti eväd lazõttu impersonal õlti lazõttu
Conditional
Present Perfect
positive negative positive negative
1st singular laskõizin en laskõizʹ 1st singular õllõizin laskõnnu en õllõizʹ laskõnnu
2nd singular laskõizid ed laskõizʹ 2nd singular õllõizid laskõnnu ed õllõizʹ laskõnnu
3rd singular laskõizʹ eb laskõizʹ 3rd singular õllõizʹ laskõnnu eb õllõizʹ laskõnnu
1st plural laskõizimmõ emmä laskõizʹ 1st plural õllõizimmõ laskõnnu emmä õllõizʹ laskõnnu
2nd plural laskõizittõ että laskõizʹ 2nd plural õllõizittõ laskõnnu että õllõizʹ laskõnnu
3rd plural lazõttaizʹ eväd lazõttaizʹ 3rd plural õltaizʹ lazõttu eväd õltaizʹ lazõttu
impersonal lazõttaizʹ eväd lazõttaizʹ impersonal õltaizʹ lazõttu eväd õltaizʹ lazõttu
Imperative
Present
positive negative
1st singular
2nd singular lazõ elä lazõ
3rd singular laskõgo elko laskõgo
1st plural
2nd plural laskõga elka laskõga
3rd plural laskõgod
impersonal
Nominal forms
Infinitives Participles
active passive
1st laskõa present laskõjõ1)
2nd illative laskõma past laskõnnu lazõttu
inessive laskõmõz 1) also used as the agent noun
elative laskõmõssõ
abessive laskõmõttõ

Many shorter forms also exist:

  • the past passive participle form lastu is more common than the regular lazõttu.
  • first infinitive form lassa
  • impersonal indicative forms lassa (present) and lasti (past)

References

  • Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “laskõa”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn