houkassella

Ingrian

Etymology

From houkastaa (“to be playful”) +‎ -ella.

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈhou̯kɑsˌselːɑ/, [ˈho̞u̯kəs̠ˌs̠e̞ɫː]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈhou̯kɑsˌselːɑ/, [ˈho̞u̯ɡ̊ɑʃˌʃe̞ɫːɑ]
• Rhymes: -elː, -elːɑ
• Hyphenation: hou‧kas‧sel‧la

Verb

houkassella

1. (intransitive) to fool around; to act silly

Conjugation

Conjugation of houkassella (type 12/kuulla, st-ss gradation, gemination)
Indikativa
Preesens			Perfekta
	positive	negative		positive	negative
1st singular	houkastelen	en houkastele	1st singular	oon houkasselt, oon houkassellut	en oo houkasselt, en oo houkassellut
2nd singular	houkastelet	et houkastele	2nd singular	oot houkasselt, oot houkassellut	et oo houkasselt, et oo houkassellut
3rd singular	houkastelloo	ei houkastele	3rd singular	ono houkasselt, ono houkassellut	ei oo houkasselt, ei oo houkassellut
1st plural	houkastelemma	emmä houkastele	1st plural	oomma houkasselleet	emmä oo houkasselleet
2nd plural	houkasteletta	että houkastele	2nd plural	ootta houkasselleet	että oo houkasselleet
3rd plural	houkastelloot1), houkastelevat2), houkassellaa	evät houkastele, ei houkassella	3rd plural	ovat houkasselleet	evät oo houkasselleet, ei oo houkasseltu
impersonal	houkassellaa	ei houkassella	impersonal	ono houkasseltu	ei oo houkasseltu
Imperfekta			Pluskvamperfekta
	positive	negative		positive	negative
1st singular	houkastelin	en houkasselt, en houkassellut	1st singular	olin houkasselt, olin houkassellut	en olt houkasselt, en olt houkassellut
2nd singular	houkastelit	et houkasselt, et houkassellut	2nd singular	olit houkasselt, olit houkassellut	et olt houkasselt, et olt houkassellut
3rd singular	houkasteli	ei houkasselt, ei houkassellut	3rd singular	oli houkasselt, oli houkassellut	ei olt houkasselt, ei olt houkassellut
1st plural	houkastelimma	emmä houkasselleet	1st plural	olimma houkasselleet	emmä olleet houkasselleet
2nd plural	houkastelitta	että houkasselleet	2nd plural	olitta houkasselleet	että olleet houkasselleet
3rd plural	houkastelliit1), houkastelivat2), houkasseltii	evät houkasselleet, ei houkasseltu	3rd plural	olivat houkasselleet	evät olleet houkasselleet, ei olt houkasseltu
impersonal	houkasseltii	ei houkasseltu	impersonal	oli houkasseltu	ei olt houkasseltu
Konditsionala
Preesens			Perfekta
	positive	negative		positive	negative
1st singular	houkastelisin	en houkastelis	1st singular	olisin houkasselt, olisin houkassellut	en olis houkasselt, en olis houkassellut
2nd singular	houkastelisit, houkastelliist1)	et houkastelis	2nd singular	olisit houkasselt, olisit houkassellut	et olis houkasselt, et olis houkassellut
3rd singular	houkastelis	ei houkastelis	3rd singular	olis houkasselt, olis houkassellut	ei olis houkasselt, ei olis houkassellut
1st plural	houkastelisimma	emmä houkastelis	1st plural	olisimma houkasselleet	emmä olis houkasselleet
2nd plural	houkastelisitta	että houkastelis	2nd plural	olisitta houkasselleet	että olis houkasselleet
3rd plural	houkastelisiit1), houkastelisivat2), houkasseltais	evät houkastelis, ei houkasseltais	3rd plural	olisivat houkasselleet	evät olis houkasselleet, ei olis houkasseltu
impersonal	houkasseltais	ei houkasseltais	impersonal	olis houkasseltu	ei olis houkasseltu
Imperativa
Preesens			Perfekta
	positive	negative		positive	negative
1st singular	—	—	1st singular	—	—
2nd singular	houkastele	elä houkastele	2nd singular	oo houkasselt, oo houkassellut	elä oo houkasselt, elä oo houkassellut
3rd singular	houkasselkoo	elköö houkasselko	3rd singular	olkoo houkasselt, olkoo houkassellut	elköö olko houkasselt, elköö olko houkassellut
1st plural	—	—	1st plural	—	—
2nd plural	houkasselkaa	elkää houkasselko	2nd plural	olkaa houkasselleet	elkää olko houkasselleet
3rd plural	houkasselkoot	elkööt houkasselko, elköö houkasseltako	3rd plural	olkoot houkasselleet	elkööt olko houkasselleet, elköö olko houkasseltu
impersonal	houkasseltakoo	elköö houkasseltako	impersonal	olkoo houkasseltu	elköö olko houkasseltu
Potentsiala
Preesens
	positive	negative
1st singular	houkassellen	en houkasselle
2nd singular	houkassellet	et houkasselle
3rd singular	houkasselloo	ei houkasselle
1st plural	houkassellemma	emmä houkasselle
2nd plural	houkasselletta	että houkasselle
3rd plural	houkasselloot	evät houkasselle, ei houkasseltane
impersonal	houkasseltanoo	ei houkasseltane
Nominal forms
Infinitivat			Partisipat
				active	passive
1st		houkassella	present	houkasteleva	houkasseltava
2nd	inessive	houkassellees	past	houkasselt, houkassellut	houkasseltu
	instructive	houkassellen	1) Chiefly in the Soikkola dialect. 2) Chiefly in the Ala-Laukaa dialect. *) For the imperative, the 2nd plural (houkasselkaa) may be used for the 3rd person as well. **) The interrogative is formed by adding the suffix -k (-ka?/-kä?) to the indicative ***) The deliberative is formed by adding the suffix -k (-ka?/-kä?) or -kse to either the indicative or the potential ****) In folk poetry, a long first infinitive can be formed by adding the suffix -kse-, followed by possessive suffixes, to the first infinitive. Note that sometimes gemination may be undone by this addition.
3rd	illative	houkastelomaa
	inessive	houkastelomaas
	elative	houkastelomast
	abessive	houkastelomata
4th	nominative	houkastelomiin
	partitive	houkastelomista, houkastelomist

References

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 68