upota

Finnish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈupotɑˣ/, [ˈupo̞t̪ɑ̝(ʔ)]
Rhymes: -upotɑ
Hyphenation^(key): upo‧ta

Etymology 1

From Proto-Finnic *up'ot'ak, possibly from Proto-Finno-Permic *uppa (“suffocating”). If so, related to Erzya and Moksha опа (opa, “warm, hot, stuffy, suffocating”).

Verb

upota

(intransitive) to sink [with illative ‘in’] (descend into liquid)
Laiva uppoaa!
The ship is sinking!
(intransitive) to get stuck, get bogged down [with illative ‘in’]
Jalkani upposivat kuraan.
My feet got stuck in mud.
(intransitive) to bite [with illative] (e.g. of a saw)
Saha upposi puuhun.
The saw bit the wood.
(intransitive) to go over, strike home, do its work on [with illative]
Sinun vitsisi eivät oikein uppoa.
Your jokes aren't going over that well.

Pomon puhe upposi työntekijöihin.
The boss's speech did its work on the workers.

Conjugation

Inflection of upota (Kotus type 74*B/katketa, pp-p gradation)

indicative mood

present tense

perfect

person

positive

negative

person

positive

negative

1st sing.

uppoan

en uppoa

1st sing.

olen uponnut

en ole uponnut

2nd sing.

uppoat

et uppoa

2nd sing.

olet uponnut

et ole uponnut

3rd sing.

uppoaa

ei uppoa

3rd sing.

on uponnut

ei ole uponnut

1st plur.

uppoamme

emme uppoa

1st plur.

olemme uponneet

emme ole uponneet

2nd plur.

uppoatte

ette uppoa

2nd plur.

olette uponneet

ette ole uponneet

3rd plur.

uppoavat

eivät uppoa

3rd plur.

ovat uponneet

eivät ole uponneet

passive

upotaan

ei upota

passive

on upottu

ei ole upottu

past tense

pluperfect

person

positive

negative

person

positive

negative

1st sing.

upposin

en uponnut

1st sing.

olin uponnut

en ollut uponnut

2nd sing.

upposit

et uponnut

2nd sing.

olit uponnut

et ollut uponnut

3rd sing.

upposi

ei uponnut

3rd sing.

oli uponnut

ei ollut uponnut

1st plur.

upposimme

emme uponneet

1st plur.

olimme uponneet

emme olleet uponneet

2nd plur.

uppositte

ette uponneet

2nd plur.

olitte uponneet

ette olleet uponneet

3rd plur.

upposivat

eivät uponneet

3rd plur.

olivat uponneet

eivät olleet uponneet

passive

upottiin

ei upottu

passive

oli upottu

ei ollut upottu

conditional mood

present

perfect

person

positive

negative

person

positive

negative

1st sing.

uppoaisin
uppoisin

en uppoaisi
en uppoisi

1st sing.

olisin uponnut

en olisi uponnut

2nd sing.

uppoaisit
uppoisit

et uppoaisi
et uppoisi

2nd sing.

olisit uponnut

et olisi uponnut

3rd sing.

uppoaisi
uppoisi

ei uppoaisi
ei uppoisi

3rd sing.

olisi uponnut

ei olisi uponnut

1st plur.

uppoaisimme
uppoisimme

emme uppoaisi
emme uppoisi

1st plur.

olisimme uponneet

emme olisi uponneet

2nd plur.

uppoaisitte
uppoisitte

ette uppoaisi
ette uppoisi

2nd plur.

olisitte uponneet

ette olisi uponneet

3rd plur.

uppoaisivat
uppoisivat

eivät uppoaisi
eivät uppoisi

3rd plur.

olisivat uponneet

eivät olisi uponneet

passive

upottaisiin

ei upottaisi

passive

olisi upottu

ei olisi upottu

imperative mood

present

perfect

person

positive

negative

person

positive

negative

1st sing.

—

1st sing.

—

2nd sing.

uppoa

älä uppoa

2nd sing.

—

3rd sing.

upotkoon

älköön upotko

3rd sing.

olkoon uponnut

älköön olko uponnut

1st plur.

upotkaamme

älkäämme upotko

1st plur.

—

2nd plur.

upotkaa

älkää upotko

2nd plur.

—

3rd plur.

upotkoot

älkööt upotko

3rd plur.

olkoot uponneet

älkööt olko uponneet

passive

upottakoon

älköön upottako

passive

olkoon upottu

älköön olko upottu

potential mood

present

perfect

person

positive

negative

person

positive

negative

1st sing.

uponnen

en uponne

1st sing.

lienen uponnut

en liene uponnut

2nd sing.

uponnet

et uponne

2nd sing.

lienet uponnut

et liene uponnut

3rd sing.

uponnee

ei uponne

3rd sing.

lienee uponnut

ei liene uponnut

1st plur.

uponnemme

emme uponne

1st plur.

lienemme uponneet

emme liene uponneet

2nd plur.

uponnette

ette uponne

2nd plur.

lienette uponneet

ette liene uponneet

3rd plur.

uponnevat

eivät uponne

3rd plur.

lienevät uponneet

eivät liene uponneet

passive

upottaneen

ei upottane

passive

lienee upottu

ei liene upottu

Nominal forms

infinitives

participles

active

passive

active

passive

1st

upota

present

uppoava

upottava

long 1st¹

Possessive forms
Person	sing.	plur.
1st	upotakseni	upotaksemme
2nd	upotaksesi	upotaksenne
3rd	upotakseen upotaksensa

past

uponnut

upottu

2nd

inessive²

upotessa

upottaessa

agent⁴

uppoama

Possessive forms
Person	sing.	plur.
1st	upotessani	upotessamme
2nd	upotessasi	upotessanne
3rd	upotessaan upotessansa

negative

uppoamaton

instructive

upoten

—

¹⁾ Used only with a possessive suffix.

²⁾ Usually with a possessive suffix (active only).
³⁾ Some uses of the verbal noun are called the 'fourth infinitive' by certain sources (more details).

⁴⁾ Usually with a possessive suffix. May not be used with all verbs, especially intransitive ones (more details). Distinct from nouns with the -ma suffix and third infinitive forms.

3rd

inessive

uppoamassa

—

elative

uppoamasta

—

illative

uppoamaan

—

adessive

uppoamalla

—

abessive

uppoamatta

—

instructive

uppoaman

upottaman

4th³

verbal noun

uppoaminen

5th¹

Possessive forms
Person	sing.	plur.
1st	uppoamaisillani	uppoamaisillamme
2nd	uppoamaisillasi	uppoamaisillanne
3rd	uppoamaisillaan uppoamaisillansa

Derived terms

compounds

Etymology 2

Verb

upota

inflection of upottaa:

Anagrams

pouta, putoa

Ingrian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *up'ot'ak. Cognates include Finnish upota and Estonian uppuda.

Pronunciation

(Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈupotɑ/, [ˈupo̞t]
(Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈupotɑ/, [ˈub̥o̞d̥ɑ]
Rhymes: -upot, -upotɑ
Hyphenation: u‧po‧ta

Verb

upota

(intransitive) to sink (in water)
(intransitive) to drown (in water)

Conjugation

Conjugation of upota (type 16/maata, pp-p gradation)
Indikativa
Preesens			Perfekta
	positive	negative		positive	negative
1st singular	uppoon	en uppoo	1st singular	oon upont, oon uponnut	en oo upont, en oo uponnut
2nd singular	uppoot	et uppoo	2nd singular	oot upont, oot uponnut	et oo upont, et oo uponnut
3rd singular	uppojaa	ei uppoo	3rd singular	ono upont, ono uponnut	ei oo upont, ei oo uponnut
1st plural	uppoomma	emmä uppoo	1st plural	oomma uponneet	emmä oo uponneet
2nd plural	uppootta	että uppoo	2nd plural	ootta uponneet	että oo uponneet
3rd plural	uppojaat¹⁾, uppoovat²⁾, upotaa	evät uppoo, ei upota	3rd plural	ovat uponneet	evät oo uponneet, ei oo upottu
impersonal	upotaa	ei upota	impersonal	ono upottu	ei oo upottu
Imperfekta			Pluskvamperfekta
	positive	negative		positive	negative
1st singular	uppoisin	en upont, en uponnut	1st singular	olin upont, olin uponnut	en olt upont, en olt uponnut
2nd singular	uppoisit, uppoist¹⁾	et upont, et uponnut	2nd singular	olit upont, olit uponnut	et olt upont, et olt uponnut
3rd singular	uppois	ei upont, ei uponnut	3rd singular	oli upont, oli uponnut	ei olt upont, ei olt uponnut
1st plural	uppoisimma	emmä uponneet	1st plural	olimma uponneet	emmä olleet uponneet
2nd plural	uppoisitta	että uponneet	2nd plural	olitta uponneet	että olleet uponneet
3rd plural	uppoisiit¹⁾, uppoisivat²⁾, upottii	evät uponneet, ei upottu	3rd plural	olivat uponneet	evät olleet uponneet, ei olt upottu
impersonal	upottii	ei upottu	impersonal	oli upottu	ei olt upottu
Konditsionala
Preesens			Perfekta
	positive	negative		positive	negative
1st singular	uppojaisin	en uppojais	1st singular	olisin upont, olisin uponnut	en olis upont, en olis uponnut
2nd singular	uppojaisit, uppojaist¹⁾	et uppojais	2nd singular	olisit upont, olisit uponnut	et olis upont, et olis uponnut
3rd singular	uppojais	ei uppojais	3rd singular	olis upont, olis uponnut	ei olis upont, ei olis uponnut
1st plural	uppojaisimma	emmä uppojais	1st plural	olisimma uponneet	emmä olis uponneet
2nd plural	uppojaisitta	että uppojais	2nd plural	olisitta uponneet	että olis uponneet
3rd plural	uppojaisiit¹⁾, uppojaisivat²⁾, upottais	evät uppojais, ei upottais	3rd plural	olisivat uponneet	evät olis uponneet, ei olis upottu
impersonal	upottais	ei upottais	impersonal	olis upottu	ei olis upottu
Imperativa
Preesens			Perfekta
	positive	negative		positive	negative
1st singular	—	—	1st singular	—	—
2nd singular	uppoo	elä uppoo	2nd singular	oo upont, oo uponnut	elä oo upont, elä oo uponnut
3rd singular	upotkoo	elköö upotko	3rd singular	olkoo upont, olkoo uponnut	elköö olko upont, elköö olko uponnut
1st plural	—	—	1st plural	—	—
2nd plural	upotkaa	elkää upotko	2nd plural	olkaa uponneet	elkää olko uponneet
3rd plural	upotkoot	elkööt upotko, elköö upottako	3rd plural	olkoot uponneet	elkööt olko uponneet, elköö olko upottu
impersonal	upottakkoo	elköö upottako	impersonal	olkoo upottu	elköö olko upottu
Potentsiala
Preesens
	positive	negative
1st singular	uponnen	en uponne
2nd singular	uponnet	et uponne
3rd singular	uponnoo	ei uponne
1st plural	uponnemma	emmä uponne
2nd plural	uponnetta	että uponne
3rd plural	uponnoot	evät uponne, ei upottane
impersonal	upottannoo	ei upottane
Nominal forms
Infinitivat			Partisipat
				active	passive
1st		upota	present	uppoova	upottava
2nd	inessive	upotees	past	upont, uponnut	upottu
2nd	instructive	upoten	¹⁾ Chiefly in the Soikkola dialect. ²⁾ Chiefly in the Ala-Laukaa dialect. ^) For the imperative, the 2nd plural (upotkaa) 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	uppoomaa
	inessive	uppoomaas
	elative	uppoomast
	abessive	uppoomata
4th	nominative	uppoomiin
	partitive	uppoomista, uppoomist

Synonyms

(to drown): (rare) hukkua

Derived terms

upottaa

References

Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 619

Karelian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *up'ot'ak.

Verb

upota

sink

Ludian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *up'ot'ak.

Verb

upota

sink

Veps

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *up'ot'ak.

Verb

upota

to sink

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

References

Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “тонуть, утонуть”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎^[2], Petrozavodsk: Periodika

upota

Finnish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Verb

Conjugation

Derived terms

Further reading

Etymology 2

Verb

Anagrams

Ingrian

Etymology

Pronunciation

Verb

Conjugation

Synonyms

Derived terms

See also

References

Karelian

Etymology

Verb

Ludian

Etymology

Verb

Veps

Etymology

Verb

Inflection

References