Votic edit

Etymology edit

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Pronunciation edit

  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈlænty/, [ˈlæntʲy]
  • Rhymes: -ænty
  • Hyphenation: län‧tü

Noun edit

läntü

  1. sour milk, prostokvasha

Inflection edit

Declension of läntü (type II/võrkko, nt-nn gradation)
singular plural
nominative läntü lännüd
genitive lännü läntüje, läntüi
partitive läntüä läntüite, läntüi
illative läntüse, läntü läntüise
inessive lännüz läntüiz
elative lännüsse läntüisse
allative lännüle läntüile
adessive lännülle läntüille
ablative lännülte läntüilte
translative lännüssi läntüissi
*) 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) “läntü”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn