upota

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Finnish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Proto-Finnic *up'ot'ak, possibly from Proto-Finno-Permic *uppa (suffocating). If so, related to Erzya and Moksha опа (opa, warm, hot, stuffy, suffocating).

Verb

upota

  1. (intransitive) to sink (descend into liquid)
    Laiva uppoaa!
    The ship is sinking!
  2. (intransitive) to get stuck, get bogged down
    Jalkani upposivat kuraan.
    My feet got stuck in mud.
  3. (intransitive) to bite (e.g. of a saw)
    Saha upposi puuhun.
    The saw bit the wood.
  4. (intransitive) to go over, strike home, do its work on
    Sinun vitsisi eivät oikein uppoa.
    Your jokes aren't going over that well.
    Pomon puhe upposi työntekijöihin.
    The boss's speech did its work on the workers.
Conjugation
Inflection of upota (Kotus type 74*B/katketa, pp-p gradation)
indicative mood
present tense perfect
person positive negative person positive negative
1st sing. uppoan en uppoa 1st sing. olen uponnut en ole uponnut
2nd sing. uppoat et uppoa 2nd sing. olet uponnut et ole uponnut
3rd sing. uppoaa ei uppoa 3rd sing. on uponnut ei ole uponnut
1st plur. uppoamme emme uppoa 1st plur. olemme uponneet emme ole uponneet
2nd plur. uppoatte ette uppoa 2nd plur. olette uponneet ette ole uponneet
3rd plur. uppoavat eivät uppoa 3rd plur. ovat uponneet eivät ole uponneet
passive upotaan ei upota passive on upottu ei ole upottu
past tense pluperfect
person positive negative person positive negative
1st sing. upposin en uponnut 1st sing. olin uponnut en ollut uponnut
2nd sing. upposit et uponnut 2nd sing. olit uponnut et ollut uponnut
3rd sing. upposi ei uponnut 3rd sing. oli uponnut ei ollut uponnut
1st plur. upposimme emme uponneet 1st plur. olimme uponneet emme olleet uponneet
2nd plur. uppositte ette uponneet 2nd plur. olitte uponneet ette olleet uponneet
3rd plur. upposivat eivät uponneet 3rd plur. olivat uponneet eivät olleet uponneet
passive upottiin ei upottu passive oli upottu ei ollut upottu
conditional mood
present perfect
person positive negative person positive negative
1st sing. uppoaisin
uppoisin
en uppoaisi
en uppoisi
1st sing. olisin uponnut en olisi uponnut
2nd sing. uppoaisit
uppoisit
et uppoaisi
et uppoisi
2nd sing. olisit uponnut et olisi uponnut
3rd sing. uppoaisi
uppoisi
ei uppoaisi
ei uppoisi
3rd sing. olisi uponnut ei olisi uponnut
1st plur. uppoaisimme
uppoisimme
emme uppoaisi
emme uppoisi
1st plur. olisimme uponneet emme olisi uponneet
2nd plur. uppoaisitte
uppoisitte
ette uppoaisi
ette uppoisi
2nd plur. olisitte uponneet ette olisi uponneet
3rd plur. uppoaisivat
uppoisivat
eivät uppoaisi
eivät uppoisi
3rd plur. olisivat uponneet eivät olisi uponneet
passive upottaisiin ei upottaisi passive olisi upottu ei olisi upottu
imperative mood
present perfect
person positive negative person positive negative
1st sing. 1st sing.
2nd sing. uppoa älä uppoa 2nd sing.
3rd sing. upotkoon älköön upotko 3rd sing. olkoon uponnut älköön olko uponnut
1st plur. upotkaamme älkäämme upotko 1st plur.
2nd plur. upotkaa älkää upotko 2nd plur.
3rd plur. upotkoot älkööt upotko 3rd plur. olkoot uponneet älkööt olko uponneet
passive upottakoon älköön upottako passive olkoon upottu älköön olko upottu
potential mood
present perfect
person positive negative person positive negative
1st sing. uponnen en uponne 1st sing. lienen uponnut en liene uponnut
2nd sing. uponnet et uponne 2nd sing. lienet uponnut et liene uponnut
3rd sing. uponnee ei uponne 3rd sing. lienee uponnut ei liene uponnut
1st plur. uponnemme emme uponne 1st plur. lienemme uponneet emme liene uponneet
2nd plur. uponnette ette uponne 2nd plur. lienette uponneet ette liene uponneet
3rd plur. uponnevat eivät uponne 3rd plur. lienevät uponneet eivät liene uponneet
passive upottaneen ei upottane passive lienee upottu ei liene upottu
Nominal forms
infinitives participles
active passive active passive
1st upota present uppoava upottava
long 1st1
Possessive forms
Person sing. plur.
1st upotakseni upotaksemme
2nd upotaksesi upotaksenne
3rd upotakseen
upotaksensa
past uponnut upottu
2nd inessive2 upotessa upottaessa agent4 uppoama
Possessive forms
Person sing. plur.
1st upotessani upotessamme
2nd upotessasi upotessanne
3rd upotessaan
upotessansa
negative uppoamaton
instructive upoten
1) Used only with a possessive suffix.

2) Usually with a possessive suffix (active only).
3) Some uses of the verbal noun are called the 'fourth infinitive' by certain sources (more details).

4) Usually with a possessive suffix. May not be used with all verbs, especially intransitive ones (more details). Distinct from nouns with the -ma suffix and third infinitive forms.
3rd inessive uppoamassa
elative uppoamasta
illative uppoamaan
adessive uppoamalla
abessive uppoamatta
instructive uppoaman upottaman
4th3 verbal noun uppoaminen
5th1
Possessive forms
Person sing. plur.
1st uppoamaisillani uppoamaisillamme
2nd uppoamaisillasi uppoamaisillanne
3rd uppoamaisillaan
uppoamaisillansa
Derived terms
compounds

Further reading

Etymology 2

Verb

upota

  1. inflection of upottaa:
    1. present active indicative connegative
    2. second-person singular present imperative
    3. second-person singular present active imperative connegative

Anagrams

Ingrian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *up'ot'ak. Cognates include Finnish upota and Estonian uppuda.

Pronunciation

Verb

upota

  1. (intransitive) to sink (in water)
  2. (intransitive) to drown (in water)

Conjugation

Conjugation of upota (type 16/maata, pp-p gradation)
Indikativa
Preesens Perfekta
positive negative positive negative
1st singular uppoon en uppoo 1st singular oon upont, oon uponnut en oo upont, en oo uponnut
2nd singular uppoot et uppoo 2nd singular oot upont, oot uponnut et oo upont, et oo uponnut
3rd singular uppojaa ei uppoo 3rd singular ono upont, ono uponnut ei oo upont, ei oo uponnut
1st plural uppoomma emmä uppoo 1st plural oomma uponneet emmä oo uponneet
2nd plural uppootta että uppoo 2nd plural ootta uponneet että oo uponneet
3rd plural uppojaat1), uppoovat2), upotaa evät uppoo, ei upota 3rd plural ovat uponneet evät oo uponneet, ei oo upottu
impersonal upotaa ei upota impersonal ono upottu ei oo upottu
Imperfekta Pluskvamperfekta
positive negative positive negative
1st singular uppoisin en upont, en uponnut 1st singular olin upont, olin uponnut en olt upont, en olt uponnut
2nd singular uppoisit, uppoist1) et upont, et uponnut 2nd singular olit upont, olit uponnut et olt upont, et olt uponnut
3rd singular uppois ei upont, ei uponnut 3rd singular oli upont, oli uponnut ei olt upont, ei olt uponnut
1st plural uppoisimma emmä uponneet 1st plural olimma uponneet emmä olleet uponneet
2nd plural uppoisitta että uponneet 2nd plural olitta uponneet että olleet uponneet
3rd plural uppoisiit1), uppoisivat2), upottii evät uponneet, ei upottu 3rd plural olivat uponneet evät olleet uponneet, ei olt upottu
impersonal upottii ei upottu impersonal oli upottu ei olt upottu
Konditsionala
Preesens Perfekta
positive negative positive negative
1st singular uppojaisin en uppojais 1st singular olisin upont, olisin uponnut en olis upont, en olis uponnut
2nd singular uppojaisit, uppojaist1) et uppojais 2nd singular olisit upont, olisit uponnut et olis upont, et olis uponnut
3rd singular uppojais ei uppojais 3rd singular olis upont, olis uponnut ei olis upont, ei olis uponnut
1st plural uppojaisimma emmä uppojais 1st plural olisimma uponneet emmä olis uponneet
2nd plural uppojaisitta että uppojais 2nd plural olisitta uponneet että olis uponneet
3rd plural uppojaisiit1), uppojaisivat2), upottais evät uppojais, ei upottais 3rd plural olisivat uponneet evät olis uponneet, ei olis upottu
impersonal upottais ei upottais impersonal olis upottu ei olis upottu
Imperativa
Preesens Perfekta
positive negative positive negative
1st singular 1st singular
2nd singular uppoo elä uppoo 2nd singular oo upont, oo uponnut elä oo upont, elä oo uponnut
3rd singular upotkoo elköö upotko 3rd singular olkoo upont, olkoo uponnut elköö olko upont, elköö olko uponnut
1st plural 1st plural
2nd plural upotkaa elkää upotko 2nd plural olkaa uponneet elkää olko uponneet
3rd plural upotkoot elkööt upotko, elköö upottako 3rd plural olkoot uponneet elkööt olko uponneet, elköö olko upottu
impersonal upottakkoo elköö upottako impersonal olkoo upottu elköö olko upottu
Potentsiala
Preesens
positive negative
1st singular uponnen en uponne
2nd singular uponnet et uponne
3rd singular uponnoo ei uponne
1st plural uponnemma emmä uponne
2nd plural uponnetta että uponne
3rd plural uponnoot evät uponne, ei upottane
impersonal upottannoo ei upottane
Nominal forms
Infinitivat Partisipat
active passive
1st upota present uppoova upottava
2nd inessive upotees past upont, uponnut upottu
instructive upoten 1) Chiefly in the Soikkola dialect.
2) Chiefly in the Ala-Laukaa dialect.
*) For the imperative, the 2nd plural (upotkaa) 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 uppoomaa
inessive uppoomaas
elative uppoomast
abessive uppoomata
4th nominative uppoomiin
partitive uppoomista, uppoomist

Synonyms

Derived terms

See also

  • vajota (to sink in a swamp)

References

  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 619

Karelian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *up'ot'ak.

Verb

upota

  1. sink

Ludian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *up'ot'ak.

Verb

upota

  1. sink

Veps

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *up'ot'ak.

Verb

upota

  1. to sink

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

References

  • Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “тонуть, утонуть”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎, Petrozavodsk: Periodika