Votic edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Finnic *haara.

Pronunciation edit

  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈɑːrɑ/, [ˈɑːrə̠]
  • Rhymes: -ɑːrɑ
  • Hyphenation: aa‧rõ

Noun edit

aarõ

  1. fork, branch
  2. (figurative, usually in the plural) leg

Inflection edit

Declension of aarõ (type III/jalkõ, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative aarõ aarõd
genitive aara aarojõ, aaroi
partitive aara aaroitõ, aaroi
illative aarasõ, aara aaroisõ
inessive aarõz aaroiz
elative aarõssõ aaroissõ
allative aarõlõ aaroilõ
adessive aarõllõ aaroillõ
ablative aarõltõ aaroiltõ
translative aarõssi aaroissi
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative (sg) or the genitive.
***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive.

References edit

  • Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “aara”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn