Hyphenation: kai‧va‧ta
Indicative
Present
| Sg.1 | kaipaan |
| Sg.2 | kaipaat |
| Sg.3 | kaipajaa |
| Pl.1 | kaipaamma |
| Pl.2 | kaipaatta |
| Pl.3 | kaipajaat; kaipaavat; kaivataa |
| Impersonal | kaivataa |
Imperfect
| Sg.1 | kaipaisin |
| Sg.2 | kaipaisit; kaipaist |
| Sg.3 | kaipais |
| Pl.1 | kaipaisimma |
| Pl.2 | kaipaisitta |
| Pl.3 | kaipaisiit; kaipaisivat; kaivattii |
| Impersonal | kaivattii |
Conditional
| Sg.1 | kaipajaisin |
| Sg.2 | kaipajaisit |
| Sg.3 | kaipajais |
| Pl.1 | kaipajaisimma |
| Pl.2 | kaipajaisitta |
| Pl.3 | kaipajaisiit; kaipajaisivat; kaivattais |
| Impersonal | kaivattais |
Potential
| Sg.1 | kaivannen |
| Sg.2 | kaivannet |
| Sg.3 | kaivannoo |
| Pl.1 | kaivannemma |
| Pl.2 | kaivannetta |
| Pl.3 | kaivannoot |
| Impersonal | kaivattannoo |
Imperative
| Sg.2 | kaipajaist; kaipaa |
| Sg.3 | kaivatkoo |
| Pl.2 | kaivatkaa |
| Pl.3 | kaivatkoot |
| Impersonal | kaivattakkoo |
Infinitives
| I Infinitive | kaivata |
| II Infinitive, inessive | kaivatees |
| II Infinitive, instructive | kaivaten |
| III Infinitive, illative | kaipaamaa |
| III Infinitive, inessive | kaipaamaas |
| III Infinitive, elative | kaipaamast |
| III Infinitive, abessive | kaipaamata |
| IV Infinitive, nominative | kaipaamiin |
| IV Infinitive, partitive | kaipaamista; kaipaamist |
Participles
| Active Present | kaipaava |
| Passive Present | kaivattava |
| Active Past | kaivant; kaivannut |
| Passive Past | kaivattu |
Verbs conjugated like kaivata
kaivata,
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *kaibait'ak. Cognates include Finnish kaivata and Estonian kaebada. See: Finnish with old forms '
kaivata', Estonian '
kaebama'.
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