mecata

Veps

Etymology

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Verb

mecata

1. to hunt

Inflection

Inflection of mecata (inflection type 9/kogota)
1st infinitive	mecata
present indic.	mecadab
past indic.	mecazi
	present indicative	past indicative	imperative
1st singular	mecadan	mecazin	—
2nd singular	mecadad	mecazid	mecada
3rd singular	mecadab	mecazi	mecakaha
1st plural	mecadam	mecazim	mecakam
2nd plural	mecadat	mecazit	mecakat
3rd plural	mecatas mecadaba	mecaziba	mecakaha
sing. conneg.1	mecada	mecadand	mecada
plur. conneg.	mecakoi	mecanugoi	mecakoi
	present conditional	past conditional	potential
1st singular	mecadaižin	mecanuižin	mecadanen
2nd singular	mecadaižid	mecanuižid	mecadaned
3rd singular	mecadaiži	mecanuiži	mecadaneb
1st plural	mecadaižim	mecanuižim	mecadanem
2nd plural	mecadaižit	mecanuižit	mecadanet
3rd plural	mecadaižiba	mecanuižiba	mecadaneba
connegative	mecadaiži	mecanuiži	mecadane
non-finite forms
1st infinitive	mecata
2nd infinitive		3rd infinitive
inessive	mecates	inessive	mecadamas
instructive	mecaten	illative	mecadamaha
participles		elative	mecadamaspäi
present active	mecadai	adessive	mecadamal
past active	mecanu	abessive	mecadamat
past passive	mecatud
1 In imperative: used only in the second-person singular. The plural form is used with other persons.

References

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