Votic edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Finnic *apaja.

Pronunciation edit

  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈɑpɑjɑ/, [ˈɑpɑʝə̠]
  • Rhymes: -ɑpɑjɑ
  • Hyphenation: a‧pa‧jõ

Noun edit

apajõ

  1. wetland; a shallow, wet part of land

Inflection edit

Declension of apajõ (type III/jalkõ, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative apajõ apajõd
genitive apaja apajojõ, apajoi
partitive apaja apajoitõ, apajoi
illative apajasõ, apaja apajoisõ
inessive apajõz apajoiz
elative apajõssõ apajoissõ
allative apajõlõ apajoilõ
adessive apajõllõ apajoillõ
ablative apajõltõ apajoiltõ
translative apajõssi apajoissi
*) 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) “apaja”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn