vajota

From Proto-Finnic *vajot'ak, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *waja-. Related to vajaa.

Finnic cognates include Estonian vajuma, Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), Livonian va’jjõ, Veps vajuda and Votic vajoa; other cognates include Northern Sami vuodjut, Erzya and Moksha ваямс (vajams), Udmurt выйыны (vyjyny), Mansi [script needed] (ujji-) and Hungarian vejsze.

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋɑjotɑˣ/, [ˈʋɑ̝jo̞t̪ɑ̝(ʔ)]
• Rhymes: -ɑjotɑ
• Syllabification^(key): va‧jo‧ta

vajota

1. (intransitive) to sink
2. (intransitive, aviation) to descend, sink

vajota is used more often for other substances than water, such as quicksand.

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

• “vajota”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (online dictionary, continuously updated, in Finnish), Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-04

From Proto-Finnic *vajot'ak. Cognates include Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) and Estonian vajuda.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈʋɑjotɑ/, [ˈʋɑjo̞t]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈʋɑjotɑ/, [ˈʋɑjo̞d̥ɑ]
• Rhymes: -ɑjot, -ɑjotɑ
• Hyphenation: va‧jo‧ta

vajota

1. (intransitive) to sink (in e.g. a swamp)

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

• upota (“to sink in water”)

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 632