vasatõ

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Votic

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *vastat'ak, derived from vassa. Cognate with Finnish vastata and Estonian vastama.

Pronunciation

  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈvɑsɑtɑ/,
  • Rhymes: -ɑsɑtɑ
  • Hyphenation: va‧sa‧tõ

Verb

vasatõ

  1. to answer, reply
  2. to be responsible (for) (+ elative or partitive)
  3. to face, meet, encounter, come across

Inflection

Conjugation of vasatõ (type IV/vasatõ, ss-s gradation)
Indicative
Present Perfect
positive negative positive negative
1st singular vassan en vassa 1st singular õõn vasannu en õõ vasannu
2nd singular vassad ed vassa 2nd singular õõd vasannu ed õõ vasannu
3rd singular vassab eb vassa 3rd singular on vasannu eb õõ vasannu
1st plural vassammõ emmä vassa 1st plural õõmmõ vasannu emmä õõ vasannu
2nd plural vassattõ että vassa 2nd plural õõttõ vasannu että õõ vasannu
3rd plural vasata eväd vassa 3rd plural õlla vasattu eväd õõ vasattu
impersonal vasata eväd vassa impersonal õlla vasattu eväd õõ vasattu
Imperfect Pluperfect
positive negative positive negative
1st singular vassõzin en vasannu 1st singular õlin vasannu —
2nd singular vassõzid ed vasannu 2nd singular õlid vasannu —
3rd singular vassõzi eb vasannu 3rd singular õli vasannu —
1st plural vassõzimmõ emmä vasannu 1st plural õlimmõ vasannu —
2nd plural vassõzittõ että vasannu 2nd plural õlittõ vasannu —
3rd plural vasatti eväd vasattu 3rd plural õlti vasattu —
impersonal vasatti eväd vasattu impersonal õlti vasattu —
Conditional
Present Perfect
positive negative positive negative
1st singular vassõizin en vassõizʹ 1st singular õllõizin vasannu en õllõizʹ vasannu
2nd singular vassõizid ed vassõizʹ 2nd singular õllõizid vasannu ed õllõizʹ vasannu
3rd singular vassõizʹ eb vassõizʹ 3rd singular õllõizʹ vasannu eb õllõizʹ vasannu
1st plural vassõizimmõ emmä vassõizʹ 1st plural õllõizimmõ vasannu emmä õllõizʹ vasannu
2nd plural vassõizittõ että vassõizʹ 2nd plural õllõizittõ vasannu että õllõizʹ vasannu
3rd plural vasattaizʹ eväd vasattaizʹ 3rd plural õltaizʹ vasattu eväd õltaizʹ vasattu
impersonal vasattaizʹ eväd vasattaizʹ impersonal õltaizʹ vasattu eväd õltaizʹ vasattu
Imperative
Present
positive negative
1st singular — —
2nd singular vassa elä vassa
3rd singular vasatko elko vasatko
1st plural — —
2nd plural vasatka elka vasatka
3rd plural vasatkod —
impersonal — —
Nominal forms
Infinitives Participles
active passive
1st vasatõ present vassajõ1) —
2nd illative vassama past vasannu vasattu
inessive vassamõz 1) also used as the agent noun
elative vassamõssõ
abessive vassamõttõ

References

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