mitatõ

Votic

Etymology

Borrowed from Ingrian mitata.

Pronunciation

• (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈmitɑtɑ/, [ˈmʲitɑtə̠]
• Rhymes: -itɑtɑ
• Hyphenation: mi‧ta‧tõ

Verb

mitatõ

1. (transitive) to measure

Inflection

Conjugation of mitatõ (type IV/vasatõ, tt-t gradation)
Indicative
Present			Perfect
	positive	negative		positive	negative
1st singular	mittan	en mitta	1st singular	õõn mitannu	en õõ mitannu
2nd singular	mittad	ed mitta	2nd singular	õõd mitannu	ed õõ mitannu
3rd singular	mittab	eb mitta	3rd singular	on mitannu	eb õõ mitannu
1st plural	mittammõ	emmä mitta	1st plural	õõmmõ mitannu	emmä õõ mitannu
2nd plural	mittattõ	että mitta	2nd plural	õõttõ mitannu	että õõ mitannu
3rd plural	mitata	eväd mitta	3rd plural	õlla mitattu	eväd õõ mitattu
impersonal	mitata	eväd mitta	impersonal	õlla mitattu	eväd õõ mitattu
Imperfect			Pluperfect
	positive	negative		positive	negative
1st singular	mittõzin	en mitannu	1st singular	õlin mitannu	—
2nd singular	mittõzid	ed mitannu	2nd singular	õlid mitannu	—
3rd singular	mittõzi	eb mitannu	3rd singular	õli mitannu	—
1st plural	mittõzimmõ	emmä mitannu	1st plural	õlimmõ mitannu	—
2nd plural	mittõzittõ	että mitannu	2nd plural	õlittõ mitannu	—
3rd plural	mitatti	eväd mitattu	3rd plural	õlti mitattu	—
impersonal	mitatti	eväd mitattu	impersonal	õlti mitattu	—
Conditional
Present			Perfect
	positive	negative		positive	negative
1st singular	mittõizin	en mittõizʹ	1st singular	õllõizin mitannu	en õllõizʹ mitannu
2nd singular	mittõizid	ed mittõizʹ	2nd singular	õllõizid mitannu	ed õllõizʹ mitannu
3rd singular	mittõizʹ	eb mittõizʹ	3rd singular	õllõizʹ mitannu	eb õllõizʹ mitannu
1st plural	mittõizimmõ	emmä mittõizʹ	1st plural	õllõizimmõ mitannu	emmä õllõizʹ mitannu
2nd plural	mittõizittõ	että mittõizʹ	2nd plural	õllõizittõ mitannu	että õllõizʹ mitannu
3rd plural	mitattaizʹ	eväd mitattaizʹ	3rd plural	õltaizʹ mitattu	eväd õltaizʹ mitattu
impersonal	mitattaizʹ	eväd mitattaizʹ	impersonal	õltaizʹ mitattu	eväd õltaizʹ mitattu
Imperative
Present
	positive	negative
1st singular	—	—
2nd singular	mitta	elä mitta
3rd singular	mitatko1)	elko mitatko1)
1st plural	—	—
2nd plural	mitatka	elka mitatka
3rd plural	mitatkod1)	—
impersonal	—	—
Nominal forms
Infinitives			Participles
				active	passive
1st		mitatõ	present	mittajõ2)	—
2nd	illative	mittama	past	mitannu	mitattu
	inessive	mittamõz	1) using la is more common 2) also used as the agent noun
	elative	mittamõssõ
	abessive	mittamõttõ

References

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