aleta

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

alenemassa

—

elative

alenemasta

—

illative

alenemaan

—

adessive

alenemalla

—

abessive

alenematta

—

instructive

aleneman

alettaman

4th³

verbal noun

aleneminen

5th¹

Possessive forms
Person	sing.	plur.
1st	alenemaisillani	alenemaisillamme
2nd	alenemaisillasi	alenemaisillanne
3rd	alenemaisillaan alenemaisillansa

Derived terms

compounds

kuulonalenema

Etymology 2

Verb

aleta

present passive indicative connegative of alkaa

Anagrams

-eltaa, telaa

Galician

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /aˈleta/ [aˈle.t̪ɐ]
Rhymes: -eta
Hyphenation: a‧le‧ta

Noun

aleta f (plural aletas)

fin

Ingrian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Finnic [Term?]. Cognate with Finnish aleta.

Pronunciation

(Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈɑletɑ/, [ˈɑɫe̞ˑt]
(Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈɑletɑ/, [ˈɑɫe̞ˑd̥ɑ]
(Hevaha) IPA^(key): /ˈɑletɑk/, [ˈɑɫe̞ˑd̥ɑɡ̊]
Rhymes: -ɑlet, -ɑletɑ
Hyphenation: a‧le‧ta

Verb

aleta

(intransitive) to descend
(intransitive, of a voice) to be lowered
- 1936, V. I. Junus, P. L. Maksimov, Inkeroisin keelen oppikirja alkuşkouluja vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 4:
  Kuunnelkaa kuin alenoo ääni niis sanois kummat ollaa kirjutettu paksummiil bukviil.
  Listen how the voice is lowered in these words that are written in bold letters.

Conjugation

Conjugation of aleta (type 15/valeta, no gradation)
Indikativa
Preesens			Perfekta
	positive	negative		positive	negative
1st singular	alenen	en alene	1st singular	oon alent, oon alennut	en oo alent, en oo alennut
2nd singular	alenet	et alene	2nd singular	oot alent, oot alennut	et oo alent, et oo alennut
3rd singular	alenoo	ei alene	3rd singular	ono alent, ono alennut	ei oo alent, ei oo alennut
1st plural	alenemma	emmä alene	1st plural	oomma alenneet	emmä oo alenneet
2nd plural	alenetta	että alene	2nd plural	ootta alenneet	että oo alenneet
3rd plural	alenoot¹⁾, alenevat²⁾, aletaa	evät alene, ei aleta	3rd plural	ovat alenneet	evät oo alenneet, ei oo alettu
impersonal	aletaa	ei aleta	impersonal	ono alettu	ei oo alettu
Imperfekta			Pluskvamperfekta
	positive	negative		positive	negative
1st singular	alenin	en alent, en alennut	1st singular	olin alent, olin alennut	en olt alent, en olt alennut
2nd singular	alenit	et alent, et alennut	2nd singular	olit alent, olit alennut	et olt alent, et olt alennut
3rd singular	aleni	ei alent, ei alennut	3rd singular	oli alent, oli alennut	ei olt alent, ei olt alennut
1st plural	alenimma	emmä alenneet	1st plural	olimma alenneet	emmä olleet alenneet
2nd plural	alenitta	että alenneet	2nd plural	olitta alenneet	että olleet alenneet
3rd plural	aleniit¹⁾, alenivat²⁾, alettii	evät alenneet, ei alettu	3rd plural	olivat alenneet	evät olleet alenneet, ei olt alettu
impersonal	alettii	ei alettu	impersonal	oli alettu	ei olt alettu
Konditsionala
Preesens			Perfekta
	positive	negative		positive	negative
1st singular	alenisin	en alenis	1st singular	olisin alent, olisin alennut	en olis alent, en olis alennut
2nd singular	alenisit, aleniist¹⁾	et alenis	2nd singular	olisit alent, olisit alennut	et olis alent, et olis alennut
3rd singular	alenis	ei alenis	3rd singular	olis alent, olis alennut	ei olis alent, ei olis alennut
1st plural	alenisimma	emmä alenis	1st plural	olisimma alenneet	emmä olis alenneet
2nd plural	alenisitta	että alenis	2nd plural	olisitta alenneet	että olis alenneet
3rd plural	alenisiit¹⁾, alenisivat²⁾, alettais	evät alenis, ei alettais	3rd plural	olisivat alenneet	evät olis alenneet, ei olis alettu
impersonal	alettais	ei alettais	impersonal	olis alettu	ei olis alettu
Imperativa
Preesens			Perfekta
	positive	negative		positive	negative
1st singular	—	—	1st singular	—	—
2nd singular	alene	elä alene	2nd singular	oo alent, oo alennut	elä oo alent, elä oo alennut
3rd singular	aletkoo	elköö aletko	3rd singular	olkoo alent, olkoo alennut	elköö olko alent, elköö olko alennut
1st plural	—	—	1st plural	—	—
2nd plural	aletkaa	elkää aletko	2nd plural	olkaa alenneet	elkää olko alenneet
3rd plural	aletkoot	elkööt aletko, elköö alettako	3rd plural	olkoot alenneet	elkööt olko alenneet, elköö olko alettu
impersonal	alettakkoo	elköö alettako	impersonal	olkoo alettu	elköö olko alettu
Potentsiala
Preesens
	positive	negative
1st singular	alenen	en alene
2nd singular	alenet	et alene
3rd singular	alenoo	ei alene
1st plural	alenemma	emmä alene
2nd plural	alenetta	että alene
3rd plural	alenoot	evät alene, ei alettane
impersonal	alettannoo	ei alettane
Nominal forms
Infinitivat			Partisipat
				active	passive
1st		aleta	present	aleneva	alettava
2nd	inessive	aletees	past	alent, alennut	alettu
2nd	instructive	aleten	¹⁾ Chiefly in the Soikkola dialect. ²⁾ Chiefly in the Ala-Laukaa dialect. ^) For the imperative, the 2nd plural (aletkaa) 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	alenommaa
	inessive	alenomas
	elative	alenomast
	abessive	alenomata
4th	nominative	alenomiin
	partitive	alenomista, alenomist

Derived terms

alentaa

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

(Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈɑletɑ/, [ˈɑɫe̞ˑt]
(Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈɑletɑ/, [ˈɑɫe̞ˑd̥ɑ]
(Hevaha) IPA^(key): /ˈɑletɑ/, [ˈɑɫe̞ˑd̥ɑ]
Rhymes: -ɑlet, -ɑletɑ
Hyphenation: a‧le‧ta

Verb

aleta

impersonal present connegative of alkaa

References

Ruben E. Nirvi (1971), Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 11

Occitan

Pronunciation

Audio (Béarn): (file)

Noun

aleta f (plural aletas)

fin

References

Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana‎^[2], L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2026, page 42

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Portuguese ala

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Italic *-tosder.?

Latin -ittus

Old French -ete

Middle French -ettebor.

Old Galician-Portuguese -eta

▲

Italian -ettainflu.

▲

French -etteinflu.

Portuguese -eta

Portuguese aleta

From ala + -eta.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈle.tɐ/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈle.tɐ/

Noun

aleta f (plural aletas)

diminutive of ala
vane (a surface radially mounted along an axis)
a small wing or wing-like structure, such as tailplanes, missile fins and fletchings
(anatomy) alar wall (cartilage on either side of the nose)

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Spanish ala

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Italic *-tosder.?

Late Latin -ittus

Old French -et

Middle French -et

French -etder.

French -ettebor.

▲

Late Latin -ittus

Italian -ettoder.

Italian -ettabor.

Spanish -eta

Spanish aleta

From ala (“wing”) + -eta (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /aˈleta/ [aˈle.t̪a]
Audio (Spain): (file)
Rhymes: -eta
Syllabification: a‧le‧ta

Noun

aleta f (plural aletas)

fin
flipper
the leaf of a hinge
blade of a propeller

Derived terms

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish aleta (literally “small wing”).

Pronunciation

(Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔaˈleta/ [ʔɐˈlɛː.t̪ɐ]
Rhymes: -eta
Syllabification: a‧le‧ta

Noun

aleta (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜒᜆ)

(ichthyology, zootomy) fin
Synonyms: palikpik, palaypay
(architecture) flying buttress; arc-boutant
Synonyms: arbotante, arko botarete
(clothing) placket
Synonyms: bitas, plaket

Related terms

Veps

Etymology

From ala- +‎ -eta.

Verb

aleta

to go down, to drop
to decrease, to decline

Inflection

Inflection of aleta (inflection type 28/edeta)
1st infinitive	aleta
present indic.	aleneb
past indic.	aleni
	present indicative	past indicative	imperative
1st singular	alenen	alenin	—
2nd singular	alened	alenid	alene
3rd singular	aleneb	aleni	alekaha
1st plural	alenem	alenim	alekam
2nd plural	alenet	alenit	alekat
3rd plural	aletas aleneba	aleniba	alekaha
sing. conneg.¹	alene	alenend	alene
plur. conneg.	alekoi	alenugoi	alekoi
	present conditional	past conditional	potential
1st singular	alenižin	alenuižin	alenenen
2nd singular	alenižid	alenuižid	alenened
3rd singular	aleniži	alenuiži	aleneneb
1st plural	alenižim	alenuižim	alenenem
2nd plural	alenižit	alenuižit	alenenet
3rd plural	alenižiba	alenuižiba	aleneneba
connegative	aleniži	alenuiži	alenene
non-finite forms
1st infinitive	aleta
2nd infinitive		3rd infinitive
inessive	aletes	inessive	alenemas
instructive	aleten	illative	alenemaha
participles		elative	alenemaspäi
present active	alenii	adessive	alenemal
past active	alenu	abessive	alenemat
past passive	aletud
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), “понижаться, снижаться”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎^[3], Petrozavodsk: Periodika

aleta

Asturian

Pronunciation

Noun

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Catalan

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Noun

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Estonian

Noun

Finnish

Pronunciation

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Verb

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Galician

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Ingrian

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Occitan

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Portuguese

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Spanish

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Tagalog

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See also

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Veps

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