Votic edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Finnic *kapja. Related to Estonian kabi, Finnish kavio.

Pronunciation edit

  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈkɑbjɑ/, [ˈkɑbʝə̠]
  • Rhymes: -ɑbjɑ
  • Hyphenation: kab‧jõ

Noun edit

kabjõ

  1. hoof

Inflection edit

Declension of kabjõ (type III/jalkõ, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative kabjõ kabjõd
genitive kabja kabjojõ, kabjoi
partitive kabja kabjoitõ, kabjoi
illative kabjasõ, kabja kabjoisõ
inessive kabjõz kabjoiz
elative kabjõssõ kabjoissõ
allative kabjõlõ kabjoilõ
adessive kabjõllõ kabjoillõ
ablative kabjõltõ kabjoiltõ
translative kabjõssi kabjoissi
*) 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) Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn