Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *e-; this first-person/third-person present form in particular from *epä ~ *epi.
Sample Sentences
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ma äb lǟ (I'm not going) [2012–2013, “ä’b”, in Tiit-Rein Viitso, Valts Ernštreits, editors, Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz [Livonian-Estonian-Latvian Dictionary], Tartu, Riga: Tartu Ülikool, Latviešu valodas aģentūra:]
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ta äb tīeda (he doesn't know) [2012–2013, “ä’b”, in Tiit-Rein Viitso, Valts Ernštreits, editors, Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz [Livonian-Estonian-Latvian Dictionary], Tartu, Riga: Tartu Ülikool, Latviešu valodas aģentūra:]
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mēg äb nǟmõ (we don't see) [2012–2013, “ä’b”, in Tiit-Rein Viitso, Valts Ernštreits, editors, Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz [Livonian-Estonian-Latvian Dictionary], Tartu, Riga: Tartu Ülikool, Latviešu valodas aģentūra:]
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ne äb jāmstat (they don't bite) [2012–2013, “ä’b”, in Tiit-Rein Viitso, Valts Ernštreits, editors, Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz [Livonian-Estonian-Latvian Dictionary], Tartu, Riga: Tartu Ülikool, Latviešu valodas aģentūra:]