mainia

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Ingrian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *mainit'ak, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *mainijaną. Cognates include Finnish mainita and Estonian mainida.

The syncope of -t- is irregular, but appears also in Votic mainia. The original form survives as mainita.

Pronunciation

Verb

mainia

  1. (transitive) to mention
    • 1936, N. A. Iljin and V. I. Junus, Bukvari iƶoroin șkouluja vart, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 42:
      Senen nimi mainikaa.
      Mention its name.

Conjugation

Conjugation of mainia (type 7/oppia, no gradation)
Indikativa
Preesens Perfekta
positive negative positive negative
1st singular mainin en maini 1st singular oon mainint, oon maininut en oo mainint, en oo maininut
2nd singular mainit et maini 2nd singular oot mainint, oot maininut et oo mainint, et oo maininut
3rd singular mainii ei maini 3rd singular ono mainint, ono maininut ei oo mainint, ei oo maininut
1st plural mainimma emmä maini 1st plural oomma mainineet emmä oo mainineet
2nd plural mainitta että maini 2nd plural ootta mainineet että oo mainineet
3rd plural mainiit1), mainivat2), mainitaa evät maini, ei mainita 3rd plural ovat mainineet evät oo mainineet, ei oo mainittu
impersonal mainitaa ei mainita impersonal ono mainittu ei oo mainittu
Imperfekta Pluskvamperfekta
positive negative positive negative
1st singular mainin en mainint, en maininut 1st singular olin mainint, olin maininut en olt mainint, en olt maininut
2nd singular mainit et mainint, et maininut 2nd singular olit mainint, olit maininut et olt mainint, et olt maininut
3rd singular maini ei mainint, ei maininut 3rd singular oli mainint, oli maininut ei olt mainint, ei olt maininut
1st plural mainimma emmä mainineet 1st plural olimma mainineet emmä olleet mainineet
2nd plural mainitta että mainineet 2nd plural olitta mainineet että olleet mainineet
3rd plural mainiit1), mainivat2), mainittii evät mainineet, ei mainittu 3rd plural olivat mainineet evät olleet mainineet, ei olt mainittu
impersonal mainittii ei mainittu impersonal oli mainittu ei olt mainittu
Konditsionala
Preesens Perfekta
positive negative positive negative
1st singular mainisin en mainis 1st singular olisin mainint, olisin maininut en olis mainint, en olis maininut
2nd singular mainisit, mainiist1) et mainis 2nd singular olisit mainint, olisit maininut et olis mainint, et olis maininut
3rd singular mainis ei mainis 3rd singular olis mainint, olis maininut ei olis mainint, ei olis maininut
1st plural mainisimma emmä mainis 1st plural olisimma mainineet emmä olis mainineet
2nd plural mainisitta että mainis 2nd plural olisitta mainineet että olis mainineet
3rd plural mainisiit1), mainisivat2), mainittais evät mainis, ei mainittais 3rd plural olisivat mainineet evät olis mainineet, ei olis mainittu
impersonal mainittais ei mainittais impersonal olis mainittu ei olis mainittu
Imperativa
Preesens Perfekta
positive negative positive negative
1st singular — — 1st singular — —
2nd singular maini elä maini 2nd singular oo mainint, oo maininut elä oo mainint, elä oo maininut
3rd singular mainikoo elköö mainiko 3rd singular olkoo mainint, olkoo maininut elköö olko mainint, elköö olko maininut
1st plural — — 1st plural — —
2nd plural mainikaa elkää mainiko 2nd plural olkaa mainineet elkää olko mainineet
3rd plural mainikoot elkööt mainiko, elköö mainittako 3rd plural olkoot mainineet elkööt olko mainineet, elköö olko mainittu
impersonal mainittakkoo elköö mainittako impersonal olkoo mainittu elköö olko mainittu
Potentsiala
Preesens
positive negative
1st singular maininen en mainine
2nd singular maininet et mainine
3rd singular maininoo ei mainine
1st plural maininemma emmä mainine
2nd plural maininetta että mainine
3rd plural maininoot evät mainine, ei mainittane
impersonal mainittannoo ei mainittane
Nominal forms
Infinitivat Partisipat
active passive
1st mainia present mainiva mainittava
2nd inessive mainijees past mainint, maininut mainittu
instructive mainien 1) Chiefly in the Soikkola dialect.
2) Chiefly in the Ala-Laukaa dialect.
*) For the imperative, the 2nd plural (mainikaa) may be used for the 3rd person as well.
**) The interrogative is formed by adding the suffix -k (-ka?/-kä?) to the indicative
***) The deliberative is formed by adding the suffix -k (-ka?/-kä?) or -kse to either the indicative or the potential
****) In folk poetry, a long first infinitive can be formed by adding the suffix -kse-, followed by possessive suffixes, to the first infinitive. Note that sometimes gemination may be undone by this addition.
3rd illative mainimaa
inessive mainimaas
elative mainimast
abessive mainimata
4th nominative mainimiin
partitive mainimista, mainimist

Synonyms

References

  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 292

Votic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *mainit'ak, with an irregular simplification of the stem to maini-.

Pronunciation

Verb

mainia

  1. (transitive) to mention
  2. (transitive) to remind (about)

Inflection

Conjugation of mainia (type II-1/kuttsua, no gradation)
Indicative
Present Perfect
positive negative positive negative
1st singular mainin en maini 1st singular õõn maininnu en õõ maininnu
2nd singular mainid ed maini 2nd singular õõd maininnu ed õõ maininnu
3rd singular mainib eb maini 3rd singular on maininnu eb õõ maininnu
1st plural mainimmõ emmä maini 1st plural õõmmõ maininnu emmä õõ maininnu
2nd plural mainittõ että maini 2nd plural õõttõ maininnu että õõ maininnu
3rd plural mainita eväd maini 3rd plural õlla mainittu eväd õõ mainittu
impersonal mainita eväd maini impersonal õlla mainittu eväd õõ mainittu
Imperfect Pluperfect
positive negative positive negative
1st singular mainizin en maininnu 1st singular õlin maininnu —
2nd singular mainizid ed maininnu 2nd singular õlid maininnu —
3rd singular maini eb maininnu 3rd singular õli maininnu —
1st plural mainizimmõ emmä maininnu 1st plural õlimmõ maininnu —
2nd plural mainizittõ että maininnu 2nd plural õlittõ maininnu —
3rd plural mainitti eväd mainittu 3rd plural õlti mainittu —
impersonal mainitti eväd mainittu impersonal õlti mainittu —
Conditional
Present Perfect
positive negative positive negative
1st singular mainizin en mainizʹ 1st singular õllõizin maininnu en õllõizʹ maininnu
2nd singular mainizid ed mainizʹ 2nd singular õllõizid maininnu ed õllõizʹ maininnu
3rd singular mainizʹ eb mainizʹ 3rd singular õllõizʹ maininnu eb õllõizʹ maininnu
1st plural mainizimmõ emmä mainizʹ 1st plural õllõizimmõ maininnu emmä õllõizʹ maininnu
2nd plural mainizittõ että mainizʹ 2nd plural õllõizittõ maininnu että õllõizʹ maininnu
3rd plural mainittaizʹ eväd mainittaizʹ 3rd plural õltaizʹ mainittu eväd õltaizʹ mainittu
impersonal mainittaizʹ eväd mainittaizʹ impersonal õltaizʹ mainittu eväd õltaizʹ mainittu
Imperative
Present
positive negative
1st singular — —
2nd singular maini elä maini
3rd singular mainigo elko mainigo
1st plural — —
2nd plural mainiga elka mainiga
3rd plural mainigod —
impersonal — —
Nominal forms
Infinitives Participles
active passive
1st mainia present mainijõ1) —
2nd illative mainima past maininnu mainittu
inessive mainimõz 1) also used as the agent noun
elative mainimõssõ
abessive mainimõttõ

References

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