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horjua
horjua
Finnish
(index ho)
Verb
horjua
- (intransitive) To stagger, totter, lurch, teeter (also figuratively).
- (intransitive, figuratively) To totter, be(come) shaky.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To waver, falter, vacillate, shilly-shally.
Conjugation
| Inflection of horjua (Kotus type 52/sanoa, no gradation) | ||||||
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| indicative mood | ||||||
| present tense | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | horjun | en horju | 1st sing. | olen horjunut | en ole horjunut | |
| 2nd sing. | horjut | et horju | 2nd sing. | olet horjunut | et ole horjunut | |
| 3rd sing. | horjuu | ei horju | 3rd sing. | on horjunut | ei ole horjunut | |
| 1st plur. | horjumme | emme horju | 1st plur. | olemme horjuneet | emme ole horjuneet | |
| 2nd plur. | horjutte | ette horju | 2nd plur. | olette horjuneet | ette ole horjuneet | |
| 3rd plur. | horjuvat | eivät horju | 3rd plur. | ovat horjuneet | eivät ole horjuneet | |
| passive | horjutaan | ei horjuta | passive | on horjuttu | ei ole horjuttu | |
| past tense | pluperfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | horjuin | en horjunut | 1st sing. | olin horjunut | en ollut horjunut | |
| 2nd sing. | horjuit | et horjunut | 2nd sing. | olit horjunut | et ollut horjunut | |
| 3rd sing. | horjui | ei horjunut | 3rd sing. | oli horjunut | ei ollut horjunut | |
| 1st plur. | horjuimme | emme horjuneet | 1st plur. | olimme horjuneet | emme olleet horjuneet | |
| 2nd plur. | horjuitte | ette horjuneet | 2nd plur. | olitte horjuneet | ette olleet horjuneet | |
| 3rd plur. | horjuivat | eivät horjuneet | 3rd plur. | olivat horjuneet | eivät olleet horjuneet | |
| passive | horjuttiin | ei horjuttu | passive | oli horjuttu | ei ollut horjuttu | |
| conditional mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | horjuisin | en horjuisi | 1st sing. | olisin horjunut | en olisi horjunut | |
| 2nd sing. | horjuisit | et horjuisi | 2nd sing. | olisit horjunut | et olisi horjunut | |
| 3rd sing. | horjuisi | ei horjuisi | 3rd sing. | olisi horjunut | ei olisi horjunut | |
| 1st plur. | horjuisimme | emme horjuisi | 1st plur. | olisimme horjuneet | emme olisi horjuneet | |
| 2nd plur. | horjuisitte | ette horjuisi | 2nd plur. | olisitte horjuneet | ette olisi horjuneet | |
| 3rd plur. | horjuisivat | eivät horjuisi | 3rd plur. | olisivat horjuneet | eivät olisi horjuneet | |
| passive | horjuttaisiin | ei horjuttaisi | passive | olisi horjuttu | ei olisi horjuttu | |
| imperative mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | — | — | 1st sing. | — | — | |
| 2nd sing. | horju | älä horju | 2nd sing. | ole horjunut | älä ole horjunut | |
| 3rd sing. | horjukoon | älköön horjuko | 3rd sing. | olkoon horjunut | älköön olko horjunut | |
| 1st plur. | horjukaamme | älkäämme horjuko | 1st plur. | olkaamme horjuneet | älkäämme olko horjuneet | |
| 2nd plur. | horjukaa | älkää horjuko | 2nd plur. | olkaa horjuneet | älkää olko horjuneet | |
| 3rd plur. | horjukoot | älkööt horjuko | 3rd plur. | olkoot horjuneet | älkööt olko horjuneet | |
| passive | horjuttakoon | älköön horjuttako | passive | olkoon horjuttu | älköön olko horjuttu | |
| potential mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | horjunen | en horjune | 1st sing. | lienen horjunut | en liene horjunut | |
| 2nd sing. | horjunet | et horjune | 2nd sing. | lienet horjunut | et liene horjunut | |
| 3rd sing. | horjunee | ei horjune | 3rd sing. | lienee horjunut | ei liene horjunut | |
| 1st plur. | horjunemme | emme horjune | 1st plur. | lienemme horjuneet | emme liene horjuneet | |
| 2nd plur. | horjunette | ette horjune | 2nd plur. | lienette horjuneet | ette liene horjuneet | |
| 3rd plur. | horjunevat | eivät horjune | 3rd plur. | lienevät horjuneet | eivät liene horjuneet | |
| passive | horjuttaneen | ei horjuttane | passive | lienee horjuttu | ei liene horjuttu | |
| Nominal forms | ||||||
| infinitives | participles | |||||
| active | passive | active | passive | |||
| 1st | horjua | present | horjuva | horjuttava | ||
| long 1st2 | horjuakseen | past | horjunut | horjuttu | ||
| 2nd | inessive1 | horjuessa | horjuttaessa | agent1, 3 | horjuma | |
| instructive | horjuen | — | negative | horjumaton | ||
| 3rd | inessive | horjumassa | — | 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 | horjumasta | — | ||||
| illative | horjumaan | — | ||||
| adessive | horjumalla | — | ||||
| abessive | horjumatta | — | ||||
| instructive | horjuman | horjuttaman | ||||
| 4th | nominative | horjuminen | ||||
| partitive | horjumista | |||||
| 5th2 | horjumaisillaan | |||||
Synonyms
- (to stagger, totter, teeter, lurch): heilahdella, huojua, hoippua (concretely)
- (to totter, be(come) shaky): järkkyä
- (to waver, falter, etc.): häilyä