Hyphenation: al‧kaa
Indicative
Present
| Sg.1 | alan |
| Sg.2 | alat |
| Sg.3 | alkaa |
| Pl.1 | alamma |
| Pl.2 | alatta |
| Pl.3 | alkaat; alkavat; aletaa |
| Impersonal | aletaa |
Imperfect
| Sg.1 | aloin |
| Sg.2 | aloit |
| Sg.3 | alkoi |
| Pl.1 | aloimma |
| Pl.2 | aloitta |
| Pl.3 | alkoit; alkoivat; alettii |
| Impersonal | alettii |
Conditional
| Sg.1 | alkaisin |
| Sg.2 | alkaisit |
| Sg.3 | alkais |
| Pl.1 | alkaisimma |
| Pl.2 | alkaisitta |
| Pl.3 | alkaisiit; alkaisivat; alettais |
| Impersonal | alettais |
Potential
| Sg.1 | alkanen |
| Sg.2 | alkanet |
| Sg.3 | alkanoo |
| Pl.1 | alkanemma |
| Pl.2 | alkanetta |
| Pl.3 | alkanoot |
| Impersonal | alettannoo |
Imperative
| Sg.2 | alkaist; ala |
| Sg.3 | alkakoo |
| Pl.2 | alkakaa |
| Pl.3 | alkakoot |
| Impersonal | alettakkoo |
Infinitives
| I Infinitive | alkaa |
| II Infinitive, inessive | alkajees |
| II Infinitive, instructive | alkaen |
| III Infinitive, illative | alkamaa |
| III Infinitive, inessive | alkamaas |
| III Infinitive, elative | alkamast |
| III Infinitive, abessive | alkamata |
| IV Infinitive, nominative | alkamiin |
| IV Infinitive, partitive | alkamista; alkamist |
Participles
| Active Present | alkava |
| Passive Present | alettava |
| Active Past | alkant; alkanut |
| Passive Past | alettu |
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *alkadak. Cognates include Finnish alkaa and Estonian alata. See: Finnish with old forms '
alkaa', Estonian '
algama'.
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