ahta

Old English

Number

ahta

1. alternative form of eahta (“eight”)

Vilamovian

Alternative forms

• aochta

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German ahten, from Old High German ahtōn. Cognate with German achten.

Verb

ahta

1. to respect, to value

Votic

Pronunciation

• (Luutsa, Liivčülä) IPA^(key): /ˈɑhtɑː/, [ˈɑhtɑ]
• Rhymes: -ɑhtɑː
• Hyphenation: ah‧ta

Etymology 1

The spelling of this entry has been normalized from ahtaa according to the principles established by Wiktionary's editor community as described at Wiktionary:Votic entry guidelines or recent spelling standards of the language.

From Proto-Finnic *aktadak, from Proto-Uralic *ëkta-.

Verb

ahta

1. (transitive) to hang to dry (grain, hay, etc.)

Inflection

Conjugation of ahta (type II-1/kuttsua, ht-h gradation)
Indicative
Present			Perfect
	positive	negative		positive	negative
1st singular	ahan	en aha	1st singular	õõn ahtõnnu	en õõ ahtõnnu
2nd singular	ahad	ed aha	2nd singular	õõd ahtõnnu	ed õõ ahtõnnu
3rd singular	ahab	eb aha	3rd singular	on ahtõnnu	eb õõ ahtõnnu
1st plural	ahammõ	emme aha	1st plural	õõmmõ ahtõnnu	emme õõ ahtõnnu
2nd plural	ahattõ	ette aha	2nd plural	õõttõ ahtõnnu	ette õõ ahtõnnu
3rd plural	ahõta	eväd aha	3rd plural	õlla ahõttu	eväd õõ ahõttu
impersonal	ahõta	eväd aha	impersonal	õlla ahõttu	eväd õõ ahõttu
Imperfect			Pluperfect
	positive	negative		positive	negative
1st singular	ahtõzin	en ahtõnnu	1st singular	õlin ahtõnnu	—
2nd singular	ahtõzid	ed ahtõnnu	2nd singular	õlid ahtõnnu	—
3rd singular	ahtõ	eb ahtõnnu	3rd singular	õli ahtõnnu	—
1st plural	ahtõzimmõ	emme ahtõnnu	1st plural	õlimmõ ahtõnnu	—
2nd plural	ahtõzittõ	ette ahtõnnu	2nd plural	õlittõ ahtõnnu	—
3rd plural	ahõtti	eväd ahõttu	3rd plural	õlti ahõttu	—
impersonal	ahõtti	eväd ahõttu	impersonal	õlti ahõttu	—
Conditional
Present			Perfect
	positive	negative		positive	negative
1st singular	ahtaizin	en ahtaizʹ	1st singular	õll(õ)izin ahtõnnu	en õll(õ)izʹ ahtõnnu
2nd singular	ahtaizid	ed ahtaizʹ	2nd singular	õll(õ)izid ahtõnnu	ed õll(õ)izʹ ahtõnnu
3rd singular	ahtaizʹ	eb ahtaizʹ	3rd singular	õll(õ)izʹ ahtõnnu	eb õll(õ)izʹ ahtõnnu
1st plural	ahtaizimmõ	emme ahtaizʹ	1st plural	õll(õ)izimmõ ahtõnnu	emme õll(õ)izʹ ahtõnnu
2nd plural	ahtaizittõ	ette ahtaizʹ	2nd plural	õll(õ)izittõ ahtõnnu	ette õll(õ)izʹ ahtõnnu
3rd plural	ahõttaizʹ	eväd ahõttaizʹ	3rd plural	õltaizʹ ahõttu	eväd õltaizʹ ahõttu
impersonal	ahõttaizʹ	eväd ahõttaizʹ	impersonal	õltaizʹ ahõttu	eväd õltaizʹ ahõttu
Imperative
Present
	positive	negative
1st singular	—	—
2nd singular	aha	elä aha
3rd singular	ahtõgo1)	elko ahtõgo1)
1st plural	—	—
2nd plural	ahtõga	elka ahtõga
3rd plural	ahtõgod1)	—
impersonal	—	—
Nominal forms
Infinitives			Participles
				active	passive
1st		ahta	present	ahtõjõ2)	—
2nd	illative	ahtõma	past	ahtõnnu	ahõttu
	inessive	ahtõmõz	1) using la is more common 2) also used as the agent noun
	elative	ahtõmõss
	abessive	ahtõmattõ

References

• Hallap, V.; Adler, E.; Grünberg, S.; Leppik, M. (2012), “ahtaa”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language]‎^[1], 2nd edition, Tallinn

Etymology 2

Adjective

ahta

1. genitive/illative singular of ahaz