Votic edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Finnic *ilma, from Proto-Uralic *ilma.

Pronunciation edit

  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈilmɑ/, [ˈiɫmə̠]
  • Rhymes: -ilmɑ
  • Hyphenation: il‧mõ

Noun edit

ilmõ

  1. air
  2. weather

Inflection edit

Declension of ilmõ (type III/jalkõ, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative ilmõ ilmõd
genitive ilma ilmojõ, ilmoi
partitive ilma ilmoitõ, ilmoi
illative ilmasõ, ilma ilmoisõ
inessive ilmõz ilmoiz
elative ilmõssõ ilmoissõ
allative ilmõlõ ilmoilõ
adessive ilmõllõ ilmoillõ
ablative ilmõltõ ilmoiltõ
translative ilmõssi ilmoissi
*) 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.

Derived terms edit

References edit

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