jotta

See also: jotta-

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *jotta. Equivalent to jo- +‎ -tta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈjotːɑ/, [ˈjo̞t̪ːɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -otːɑ
• Hyphenation^(key): jot‧ta

Conjunction

jotta

1. (subordinating) so that, in order that, for the purpose that

   Synonym: että

   Pidä kännykkä päällä, jotta kuulet kun soitan.

   Keep the phone on you so that you'll hear when I call.

2. (dialectal) Synonym of että (“that; conjunction indicating that the subordinate clause is the object of the verb of the main clause”)

Usage notes

Negative contractions for jotta
basic form	jotta
negative	singular	plural
1st person	jotten	jottemme
2nd person	jottet	jottette
3rd person	jottei	jotteivät jotteivat
These contractions are used with the indicative forms of the negative verb ei. They are common, but optional.

• jotta as the general subordinating conjunction in place of että is traditionally seen in the South Ostrobothnian, Karelian (except in northwestern parts of South Karelia), Ingrian, Värmland Savonian, and some Kainuu dialects. It can also be found in some Satakunta, Central Finnish and Savonian dialects, but is less common than että. In other dialects, että is overwhelmingly more common.

Further reading

• “jotta”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

Hungarian

Etymology

From Latin iota, from Ancient Greek ἰῶτα (iôta).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈjotːɒ]
• Hyphenation: jot‧ta

Noun

jotta

1. iota, jot (a very small, insignificant quantity)

Usage notes

Only used in its accusative form in the set phrase egy jottát sem (“not one iota”):

Ragaszkodnak a szabályokhoz. Egy jottát sem engednek. ― They insist on the rules. They won't give an inch.

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	jotta	jották
accusative	jottát	jottákat
dative	jottának	jottáknak
instrumental	jottával	jottákkal
causal-final	jottáért	jottákért
translative	jottává	jottákká
terminative	jottáig	jottákig
essive-formal	jottaként	jottákként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	jottában	jottákban
superessive	jottán	jottákon
adessive	jottánál	jottáknál
illative	jottába	jottákba
sublative	jottára	jottákra
allative	jottához	jottákhoz
elative	jottából	jottákból
delative	jottáról	jottákról
ablative	jottától	jottáktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	jottáé	jottáké
non-attributive possessive - plural	jottáéi	jottákéi

Possessive forms of jotta
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	jottám	jottáim
2nd person sing.	jottád	jottáid
3rd person sing.	jottája	jottái
1st person plural	jottánk	jottáink
2nd person plural	jottátok	jottáitok
3rd person plural	jottájuk	jottáik

Derived terms

• jottányi

Further reading

• jotta in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Veps

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *joottadak. Equivalent to joda +‎ -tta.

Verb

jotta

1. to give to drink

Inflection

Inflection of jotta (inflection type 7/lüpsta)
1st infinitive	jotta
present indic.	jotab
past indic.	joti
	present indicative	past indicative	imperative
1st singular	jotan	jotin	—
2nd singular	jotad	jotid	jota
3rd singular	jotab	joti	jotkaha
1st plural	jotam	jotim	jotkam
2nd plural	jotat	jotit	jotkat
3rd plural	jottas jotaba	jotiba	jotkaha
sing. conneg.1	jota	jotand	jota
plur. conneg.	jotkoi	jotnugoi	jotkoi
	present conditional	past conditional	potential
1st singular	jotaižin	jotnuižin	jotnen
2nd singular	jotaižid	jotnuižid	jotned
3rd singular	jotaiži	jotnuiži	jotneb
1st plural	jotaižim	jotnuižim	jotnem
2nd plural	jotaižit	jotnuižit	jotnet
3rd plural	jotaižiba	jotnuižiba	jotneba
connegative	jotaiži	jotnuiži	jotne
non-finite forms
1st infinitive	jotta
2nd infinitive		3rd infinitive
inessive	jottes	inessive	jotmas
instructive	jotten	illative	jotmaha
participles		elative	jotmaspäi
present active	jotai	adessive	jotmal
past active	jotnu	abessive	jotmat
past passive	jottud
1 In imperative: used only in the second-person singular. The plural form is used with other persons.

References

• Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “напоить, поить”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎^[3], Petrozavodsk: Periodika