tahto

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Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *tahto, from the same origin as tahtoa.

Pronunciation

Noun

tahto

  1. will (one's independent faculty of choice; intention or decision; conscious intent or volition)
    hyvä tahtogood will
  2. way (determined course; resolved mode of action or conduct)
    Pikkusiskoni kitisee aina kunnes saa tahtonsa läpi.
    My little sister always whines until she gets her way.
    Jos hän saisi tahtonsa läpi, hän tuhoaisi yhtiön vuodessa.
    If she had her way, she’d ruin the company inside a year.

Declension

Inflection of tahto (Kotus type 1*F/valo, t-d gradation)
nominative tahto tahdot
genitive tahdon tahtojen
partitive tahtoa tahtoja
illative tahtoon tahtoihin
singular plural
nominative tahto tahdot
accusative nom. tahto tahdot
gen. tahdon
genitive tahdon tahtojen
partitive tahtoa tahtoja
inessive tahdossa tahdoissa
elative tahdosta tahdoista
illative tahtoon tahtoihin
adessive tahdolla tahdoilla
ablative tahdolta tahdoilta
allative tahdolle tahdoille
essive tahtona tahtoina
translative tahdoksi tahdoiksi
abessive tahdotta tahdoitta
instructive tahdoin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of tahto (Kotus type 1*F/valo, t-d gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative tahtoni tahtoni
accusative nom. tahtoni tahtoni
gen. tahtoni
genitive tahtoni tahtojeni
partitive tahtoani tahtojani
inessive tahdossani tahdoissani
elative tahdostani tahdoistani
illative tahtooni tahtoihini
adessive tahdollani tahdoillani
ablative tahdoltani tahdoiltani
allative tahdolleni tahdoilleni
essive tahtonani tahtoinani
translative tahdokseni tahdoikseni
abessive tahdottani tahdoittani
instructive
comitative tahtoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative tahtosi tahtosi
accusative nom. tahtosi tahtosi
gen. tahtosi
genitive tahtosi tahtojesi
partitive tahtoasi tahtojasi
inessive tahdossasi tahdoissasi
elative tahdostasi tahdoistasi
illative tahtoosi tahtoihisi
adessive tahdollasi tahdoillasi
ablative tahdoltasi tahdoiltasi
allative tahdollesi tahdoillesi
essive tahtonasi tahtoinasi
translative tahdoksesi tahdoiksesi
abessive tahdottasi tahdoittasi
instructive
comitative tahtoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative tahtomme tahtomme
accusative nom. tahtomme tahtomme
gen. tahtomme
genitive tahtomme tahtojemme
partitive tahtoamme tahtojamme
inessive tahdossamme tahdoissamme
elative tahdostamme tahdoistamme
illative tahtoomme tahtoihimme
adessive tahdollamme tahdoillamme
ablative tahdoltamme tahdoiltamme
allative tahdollemme tahdoillemme
essive tahtonamme tahtoinamme
translative tahdoksemme tahdoiksemme
abessive tahdottamme tahdoittamme
instructive
comitative tahtoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative tahtonne tahtonne
accusative nom. tahtonne tahtonne
gen. tahtonne
genitive tahtonne tahtojenne
partitive tahtoanne tahtojanne
inessive tahdossanne tahdoissanne
elative tahdostanne tahdoistanne
illative tahtoonne tahtoihinne
adessive tahdollanne tahdoillanne
ablative tahdoltanne tahdoiltanne
allative tahdollenne tahdoillenne
essive tahtonanne tahtoinanne
translative tahdoksenne tahdoiksenne
abessive tahdottanne tahdoittanne
instructive
comitative tahtoinenne

Derived terms

compounds

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Ingrian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *tahto, equivalent to tahtoa (to want) +‎ -o. Cognates include Finnish tahto and Veps taht.

Pronunciation

Noun

tahto

  1. wish, will

Declension

Declension of tahto (type 4/koivu, t- gradation)
singular plural
nominative tahto tahot
genitive tahon tahtoin, tahtoloin
partitive tahtoa tahtoja, tahtoloja
illative tahtoo tahtoi, tahtoloihe
inessive tahos tahois, tahtolois
elative tahost tahoist, tahtoloist
allative taholle tahoille, tahtoloille
adessive tahol tahoil, tahtoloil
ablative taholt tahoilt, tahtoloilt
translative tahoks tahoiks, tahtoloiks
essive tahtonna, tahtoon tahtoinna, tahtoloinna, tahtoin, tahtoloin
exessive1) tahtont tahtoint, tahtoloint
1) obsolete
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

Derived terms

References

  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 567

Karelian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *tahto.

Noun

tahto (genitive tahton, partitive tahtuo)

  1. will

Votic

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *tahto.

Pronunciation

Noun

tahto

  1. wish, desire

Inflection

Declension of tahto (type II/võrkko, ht-h gradation)
singular plural
nominative tahto tahod
genitive taho tahtojõ, tahtoi
partitive tahtoa tahtoitõ, tahtoi
illative tahtosõ, tahto tahtoisõ
inessive tahoz tahtoiz
elative tahossõ tahtoissõ
allative taholõ tahtoilõ
adessive tahollõ tahtoillõ
ablative taholtõ tahtoiltõ
translative tahossi tahtoissi
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative (sg) or the genitive.
***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive.

References

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