Votic edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Finnic *kavala.

Pronunciation edit

  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈkɑvɑlɑ/, [ˈkɑvɑɫə̠]
  • Rhymes: -ɑvɑlɑ
  • Hyphenation: ka‧va‧lõ

Adjective edit

kavalõ

  1. sly, artful, cunning, treacherous

Inflection edit

Declension of kavalõ (type V/poikõ, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative kavalõ kavalõd
genitive kavala kavalijõ, kavalii
partitive kavala kavaliitõ, kavalii
illative kavalaasõ, kavala kavaliisõ
inessive kavalõz kavaliiz
elative kavalassõ kavaliissõ
allative kavalalõõ kavaliilõ
adessive kavalallõ kavaliillõ
ablative kavalaltõ kavaliiltõ
translative kavalassi kavaliissi
*) 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) “kavala”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn