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virpoa
virpoa
Finnish
A child disguised as Easter witch, with decorated willow twigs in her right hand and a basket for collecting candy in the left.
Verb
virpoa
- (folk tradition) to wish another person health and happiness on Palm Sunday by tapping them lightly with a willow twig and chanting a rhyme
- (currrently) to perform a similar act from door to door disguised as witch; done by children in quest for candy
Conjugation
| Inflection of virpoa (Kotus type 52/sanoa, p-v gradation) | ||||||
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| indicative mood | ||||||
| present tense | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | virvon | en virvo | 1st sing. | olen virponut | en ole virponut | |
| 2nd sing. | virvot | et virvo | 2nd sing. | olet virponut | et ole virponut | |
| 3rd sing. | virpoo | ei virvo | 3rd sing. | on virponut | ei ole virponut | |
| 1st plur. | virvomme | emme virvo | 1st plur. | olemme virponeet | emme ole virponeet | |
| 2nd plur. | virvotte | ette virvo | 2nd plur. | olette virponeet | ette ole virponeet | |
| 3rd plur. | virpovat | eivät virvo | 3rd plur. | ovat virponeet | eivät ole virponeet | |
| passive | virvotaan | ei virvota | passive | on virvottu | ei ole virvottu | |
| past tense | pluperfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | virvoin | en virponut | 1st sing. | olin virponut | en ollut virponut | |
| 2nd sing. | virvoit | et virponut | 2nd sing. | olit virponut | et ollut virponut | |
| 3rd sing. | virpoi | ei virponut | 3rd sing. | oli virponut | ei ollut virponut | |
| 1st plur. | virvoimme | emme virponeet | 1st plur. | olimme virponeet | emme olleet virponeet | |
| 2nd plur. | virvoitte | ette virponeet | 2nd plur. | olitte virponeet | ette olleet virponeet | |
| 3rd plur. | virpoivat | eivät virponeet | 3rd plur. | olivat virponeet | eivät olleet virponeet | |
| passive | virvottiin | ei virvottu | passive | oli virvottu | ei ollut virvottu | |
| conditional mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | virpoisin | en virpoisi | 1st sing. | olisin virponut | en olisi virponut | |
| 2nd sing. | virpoisit | et virpoisi | 2nd sing. | olisit virponut | et olisi virponut | |
| 3rd sing. | virpoisi | ei virpoisi | 3rd sing. | olisi virponut | ei olisi virponut | |
| 1st plur. | virpoisimme | emme virpoisi | 1st plur. | olisimme virponeet | emme olisi virponeet | |
| 2nd plur. | virpoisitte | ette virpoisi | 2nd plur. | olisitte virponeet | ette olisi virponeet | |
| 3rd plur. | virpoisivat | eivät virpoisi | 3rd plur. | olisivat virponeet | eivät olisi virponeet | |
| passive | virvottaisiin | ei virvottaisi | passive | olisi virvottu | ei olisi virvottu | |
| imperative mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | — | — | 1st sing. | — | — | |
| 2nd sing. | virvo | älä virvo | 2nd sing. | ole virponut | älä ole virponut | |
| 3rd sing. | virpokoon | älköön virpoko | 3rd sing. | olkoon virponut | älköön olko virponut | |
| 1st plur. | virpokaamme | älkäämme virpoko | 1st plur. | olkaamme virponeet | älkäämme olko virponeet | |
| 2nd plur. | virpokaa | älkää virpoko | 2nd plur. | olkaa virponeet | älkää olko virponeet | |
| 3rd plur. | virpokoot | älkööt virpoko | 3rd plur. | olkoot virponeet | älkööt olko virponeet | |
| passive | virvottakoon | älköön virvottako | passive | olkoon virvottu | älköön olko virvottu | |
| potential mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | virponen | en virpone | 1st sing. | lienen virponut | en liene virponut | |
| 2nd sing. | virponet | et virpone | 2nd sing. | lienet virponut | et liene virponut | |
| 3rd sing. | virponee | ei virpone | 3rd sing. | lienee virponut | ei liene virponut | |
| 1st plur. | virponemme | emme virpone | 1st plur. | lienemme virponeet | emme liene virponeet | |
| 2nd plur. | virponette | ette virpone | 2nd plur. | lienette virponeet | ette liene virponeet | |
| 3rd plur. | virponevat | eivät virpone | 3rd plur. | lienevät virponeet | eivät liene virponeet | |
| passive | virvottaneen | ei virvottane | passive | lienee virvottu | ei liene virvottu | |
| Nominal forms | ||||||
| infinitives | participles | |||||
| active | passive | active | passive | |||
| 1st | virpoa | present | virpova | virvottava | ||
| long 1st2 | virpoakseen | past | virponut | virvottu | ||
| 2nd | inessive1 | virpoessa | virvottaessa | agent1, 3 | virpoma | |
| instructive | virpoen | — | negative | virpomaton | ||
| 3rd | inessive | virpomassa | — | 1) Usually with a possessive suffix. 2) Used only with a possessive suffix; this is the form for the third-person singular and third-person plural. |
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| elative | virpomasta | — | ||||
| illative | virpomaan | — | ||||
| adessive | virpomalla | — | ||||
| abessive | virpomatta | — | ||||
| instructive | virpoman | virvottaman | ||||
| 4th | nominative | virpominen | ||||
| partitive | virpomista | |||||
| 5th2 | virpomaisillaan | |||||
See also
- pajuvitsa
- pääsiäsnoita
- trulli