Hyphenation: is‧tu‧a
Indicative
Present
| Sg.1 | issun |
| Sg.2 | issut |
| Sg.3 | istuu |
| Pl.1 | issumma |
| Pl.2 | issutta |
| Pl.3 | istuut; istuvat; issutaa |
| Impersonal | issutaa |
Imperfect
| Sg.1 | issuin |
| Sg.2 | issuit |
| Sg.3 | istui |
| Pl.1 | issuimma |
| Pl.2 | issuitta |
| Pl.3 | istuit; istuivat; issuttii |
| Impersonal | issuttii |
Conditional
| Sg.1 | istuisin |
| Sg.2 | istuisit |
| Sg.3 | istuis |
| Pl.1 | istuisimma |
| Pl.2 | istuisitta |
| Pl.3 | istuisiit; istuisivat; issuttais |
| Impersonal | issuttais |
Potential
| Sg.1 | istunen |
| Sg.2 | istunet |
| Sg.3 | istunoo |
| Pl.1 | istunemma |
| Pl.2 | istunetta |
| Pl.3 | istunoot |
| Impersonal | issuttannoo |
Imperative
| Sg.2 | istuist; issu |
| Sg.3 | istukoo |
| Pl.2 | istukaa |
| Pl.3 | istukoot |
| Impersonal | issuttakkoo |
Infinitives
| I Infinitive | istua |
| II Infinitive, inessive | istujees |
| II Infinitive, instructive | istuen |
| III Infinitive, illative | istumaa |
| III Infinitive, inessive | istumaas |
| III Infinitive, elative | istumast |
| III Infinitive, abessive | istumata |
| IV Infinitive, nominative | istumiin |
| IV Infinitive, partitive | istumista; istumist |
Participles
| Active Present | istuva |
| Passive Present | issuttava |
| Active Past | istunt; istunut |
| Passive Past | issuttu |
Etymology
1. From Proto-Finnic *istudak. Cognates include Finnish istua and Estonian istuda.
2. The sense "to be imprisoned" is a semantic loan from Russian сидеть (sidetʹ). See: Finnish with old forms '
istua', Estonian '
istuma'.
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