Votic edit

Etymology edit

From Russian крот (krot).

Pronunciation edit

  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈkrotːɑ/, [ˈkrotːə̠]
  • Rhymes: -otːɑ
  • Hyphenation: krot‧tõ

Noun edit

krottõ

  1. mole (animal)

Inflection edit

Declension of krottõ (type V/poikõ, tt-t gradation)
singular plural
nominative krottõ krotad
genitive krota krottijõ, krottii
partitive krotta krottiitõ, krottii
illative krottasõ, krotta krottiisõ
inessive krotaz krottiiz
elative krotassõ krottiissõ
allative krotalõ krottiilõ
adessive krotallõ krottiillõ
ablative krotaltõ krottiiltõ
translative krotassi krottiissi
*) 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) “krotta”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn