Hyphenation: hoo‧va‧ta
Indicative
Present
| Sg.1 | hoopaan |
| Sg.2 | hoopaat |
| Sg.3 | hoopajaa |
| Pl.1 | hoopaamma |
| Pl.2 | hoopaatta |
| Pl.3 | hoopajaat; hoopaavat; hoovataa |
| Impersonal | hoovataa |
Imperfect
| Sg.1 | hoopaisin |
| Sg.2 | hoopaisit; hoopaist |
| Sg.3 | hoopais |
| Pl.1 | hoopaisimma |
| Pl.2 | hoopaisitta |
| Pl.3 | hoopaisiit; hoopaisivat; hoovattii |
| Impersonal | hoovattii |
Conditional
| Sg.1 | hoopajaisin |
| Sg.2 | hoopajaisit |
| Sg.3 | hoopajais |
| Pl.1 | hoopajaisimma |
| Pl.2 | hoopajaisitta |
| Pl.3 | hoopajaisiit; hoopajaisivat; hoovattais |
| Impersonal | hoovattais |
Potential
| Sg.1 | hoovannen |
| Sg.2 | hoovannet |
| Sg.3 | hoovannoo |
| Pl.1 | hoovannemma |
| Pl.2 | hoovannetta |
| Pl.3 | hoovannoot |
| Impersonal | hoovattannoo |
Imperative
| Sg.2 | hoopajaist; hoopaa |
| Sg.3 | hoovatkoo |
| Pl.2 | hoovatkaa |
| Pl.3 | hoovatkoot |
| Impersonal | hoovattakkoo |
Infinitives
| I Infinitive | hoovata |
| II Infinitive, inessive | hoovatees |
| II Infinitive, instructive | hoovaten |
| III Infinitive, illative | hoopaamaa |
| III Infinitive, inessive | hoopaamaas |
| III Infinitive, elative | hoopaamast |
| III Infinitive, abessive | hoopaamata |
| IV Infinitive, nominative | hoopaamiin |
| IV Infinitive, partitive | hoopaamista; hoopaamist |
Participles
| Active Present | hoopaava |
| Passive Present | hoovattava |
| Active Past | hoovant; hoovannut |
| Passive Past | hoovattu |
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *hoobat'ak. Cognates include Finnish huovata and Estonian hoovata. See: Finnish with old forms '
huovata', Estonian '
hoobama'.
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