Votic edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Finnic *jumala.

Pronunciation edit

  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈjumɑlɑ/, [ˈʝumɑɫə̠]
  • Rhymes: -umɑlɑ
  • Hyphenation: ju‧ma‧lõ

Noun edit

jumalõ

  1. god

Inflection edit

Declension of jumalõ (type V/poikõ, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative jumalõ jumalõd
genitive jumala jumalijõ, jumalii
partitive jumala jumaliitõ, jumalii
illative jumalasõ, jumala jumaliisõ
inessive jumalõz jumaliiz
elative jumalõssõ jumaliissõ
allative jumalõlõ jumaliilõ
adessive jumalõllõ jumaliillõ
ablative jumalõltõ jumaliiltõ
translative jumalõssi jumaliissi
*) 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) “jumala”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn