vajāg

Livonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *vajaga.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvɑjɑːɡ/, [ˈvɑjɑːɡ̥]

Adverb

vajāg

  1. needing, in need (of), looking for [with partitive or elative]
    Mi’nnõn u’m vajāg a’bbõ.
    I need some help.

Usage notes

Usually used impersonally with the verb vȱlda; the person who needs something is expressed in the dative case.

Descendants

  • → Latvian: vajadzēt (third-person singular indicative vajag, from which other forms)

References

  • Tiit-Rein Viitso; Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), “vajāg”, in Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz [Livonian-Estonian-Latvian Dictionary]‎[1] (in Estonian and Latvian), Tartu, Rīga: Tartu Ülikool, Latviešu valodas aģentūra
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