vȱlda

See also: Volda

Livonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *oldak.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɤːldɑ/

Verb

vȱlda

1. (intransitive) to be
   • Tiit-Rein Viitso, Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz, Tartu, Rīga: TÜ, LVA

     laz ka vȯlkõ

     so be it

     vȯlkõ pǟl

     scratch that, let it be

     vȯlkõ mis vȯldsõ (~ vȯlkõ kui vȯldsõ)

     be whatever may be

     vȯlgid nei lõpsnā!

     be so kind [as to...]

     minnõn äb ūo sinstõ äb lemmõ, äb kilmõ

     I couldn't care less about you (lit. "to me it is neither warm nor cold from you")

     sa äd ūo mägūd tagān, sa ūod rovd barāsõ

     you are not living in wilderness (lit. "you are not over mountains,") you are among people

Conjugation

Conjugation of vȱlda (10)

		singular (ikšlug)			plural (pǟgiņlug)
		1st person (ežmi pärsōn)	2nd person (tuoi pärsōn)	3rd person (kuolmõz pärsōn)	1st person (ežmi pärsōn)	2nd person (tuoi pärsōn)	3rd person (kuolmõz pärsōn)
indicative		ma	sa	ta	mēg	tēg	ne
	present (paldīņāiga)	um	ūod	um	ūom	ūotõ	at
	past (lǟndāiga)	vȯļ	vȯļd	vȯļ	vȯļmõ	vȯļtõ	vȯļtõ
	future perfect	līb vȯnd	līd vȯnd	līb vȯnd	līm(õ) vȯnnõd	līt(õ) vȯnnõd	lībõd vȯnnõd
indicative negative		ma	sa	ta	mēg	tēg	ne
	present (paldīņāiga)	äb ūo	äd ūo	äb ūo	äb ūom	ät ūotõ	äb ūotõ
	past (lǟndāiga)	iz ūo	izt ūo	iz ūo	iz ūom	izt ūotõ	izt ūotõ
	future perfect	äb lī vȯnd	äd lī vȯnd	äb lī vȯnd	äb līm(õ) vȯnnõd	ät līt(õ) vȯnnõd	äb līt(õ) vȯnnõd
imperative		—	(sa)	—	(mēg)	(tēg)	—
		—1	vȯl!	—1	(vȯlgõm!)2	vȯlgid!	—1
imperative negative		—	(sa)	—	(mēg)	(tēg)	—
		—3	alā vȯl!	—3	(algõm vȯlgõm!)2	algid vȯlgid!	—3
conditional		ma	sa	ta	mēg	tēg	ne
		vȯlks	vȯlkst	vȯlks	vȯlksmõ	vȯlkstõ	vȯlkstõ
conditional negative		ma	sa	ta	mēg	tēg	ne
		äb vȯlks	äd vȯlkst	äb vȯlks	äb vȯlksmõ	ät vȯlkstõ	äb vȯlkstõ
jussive		ma	sa	ta	mēg	tēg	ne
		vȯlkõ	vȯlkõ	vȯlkõ	vȯlkõd	vȯlkõd	vȯlkõd
jussive negative		ma	sa	ta	mēg	tēg	ne
		algõ vȯlkõ	algõ vȯlkõ	algõ vȯlkõ	algõd vȯlkõd	algõd vȯlkõd	algõd vȯlkõd
quotative		ma	sa	ta	mēg	tēg	ne
		vȯļļi	vȯļļi	vȯļļi	vȯļļid	vȯļļid	vȯļļid
debitive		minnõn	sinnõn	tämmõn	mäddõn	täddõn	näntõn
		um vȯlmõst	um vȯlmõst	um vȯlmõst	um vȯlmõst	um vȯlmõst	um vȯlmõst
infinitive			vȱlda
gerund			vȯldsõ
supine			vȯlmõ
supine abessive			vȯlmõt
active participle			vȯnd
passive participle			vȯldõd

¹imperative-like constructions possible with laz (“so that”) + jussive: laz ma/ta vȯlkõ, laz ne vȯlkõd
²rare, using indicative present more common, laz + jussive construction possible: laz mēg vȯlkõd

³possible to imply an indirect request by using jussive negative: algõ ma/ta vȯlkõ, algõd ne vȯlkõd