jotta

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Finnish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Finnic *jotta, equivalent to jo- +‎ -tta

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Conjunction[edit]

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[edit]

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.

Further reading[edit]

Hungarian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin iota, from Ancient Greek ἰῶτα (iôta).[1][2]

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

jotta

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

Usage notes[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ jotta in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.)
  2. ^ jotta in Tótfalusi, István. Magyar etimológiai nagyszótár (’Hungarian Comprehensive Dictionary of Etymology’). Budapest: Arcanum Adatbázis, 2001; Arcanum DVD Könyvtár →ISBN

Further reading[edit]

  • 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[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Verb[edit]

jotta

  1. to give to drink

Inflection[edit]

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[edit]

  • Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “напоить, поить”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎[2], Petrozavodsk: Periodika