Hyphenation: kel‧va‧ta
Indicative
Present
| Sg.1 | kelpaan |
| Sg.2 | kelpaat |
| Sg.3 | kelpajaa |
| Pl.1 | kelpaamma |
| Pl.2 | kelpaatta |
| Pl.3 | kelpajaat; kelpaavat; kelvataa |
| Impersonal | kelvataa |
Imperfect
| Sg.1 | kelpaisin |
| Sg.2 | kelpaisit; kelpaist |
| Sg.3 | kelpais |
| Pl.1 | kelpaisimma |
| Pl.2 | kelpaisitta |
| Pl.3 | kelpaisiit; kelpaisivat; kelvattii |
| Impersonal | kelvattii |
Conditional
| Sg.1 | kelpajaisin |
| Sg.2 | kelpajaisit |
| Sg.3 | kelpajais |
| Pl.1 | kelpajaisimma |
| Pl.2 | kelpajaisitta |
| Pl.3 | kelpajaisiit; kelpajaisivat; kelvattais |
| Impersonal | kelvattais |
Potential
| Sg.1 | kelvannen |
| Sg.2 | kelvannet |
| Sg.3 | kelvannoo |
| Pl.1 | kelvannemma |
| Pl.2 | kelvannetta |
| Pl.3 | kelvannoot |
| Impersonal | kelvattannoo |
Imperative
| Sg.2 | kelpajaist; kelpaa |
| Sg.3 | kelvatkoo |
| Pl.2 | kelvatkaa |
| Pl.3 | kelvatkoot |
| Impersonal | kelvattakkoo |
Infinitives
| I Infinitive | kelvata |
| II Infinitive, inessive | kelvatees |
| II Infinitive, instructive | kelvaten |
| III Infinitive, illative | kelpaamaa |
| III Infinitive, inessive | kelpaamaas |
| III Infinitive, elative | kelpaamast |
| III Infinitive, abessive | kelpaamata |
| IV Infinitive, nominative | kelpaamiin |
| IV Infinitive, partitive | kelpaamista; kelpaamist |
Participles
| Active Present | kelpaava |
| Passive Present | kelvattava |
| Active Past | kelvant; kelvannut |
| Passive Past | kelvattu |
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *këlbat'ak. Cognates include Finnish kelvata and Estonian kõlvata. See: Finnish with old forms '
kelvata', Estonian '
kõlbama'.
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