Votic edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Finnic *kaima.

Pronunciation edit

  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈkɑi̯mɑ/, [ˈkɑi̯mə̠]
  • Rhymes: -ɑi̯mɑ
  • Hyphenation: kai‧mõ

Noun edit

kaimõ

  1. namesake (person with the same name as another)

Inflection edit

Declension of kaimõ (type III/jalkõ, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative kaimõ kaimõd
genitive kaima kaimojõ, kaimoi
partitive kaima kaimoitõ, kaimoi
illative kaimasõ, kaima kaimoisõ
inessive kaimõz kaimoiz
elative kaimõssõ kaimoissõ
allative kaimõlõ kaimoilõ
adessive kaimõllõ kaimoillõ
ablative kaimõltõ kaimoiltõ
translative kaimõssi kaimoissi
*) 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) “kaima”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn