nalʹlʹõ

Votic

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *nalja.

Pronunciation

• (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈnɑʎːɑ/, [ˈnɑʎːə̠]
• Rhymes: -ɑʎːɑ
• Hyphenation: nalʹ‧lʹõ

Noun

nalʹlʹõ

1. joke

Inflection

Declension of nalʹlʹõ (type III/jalkõ, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	nalʹlʹõ	nalʹlʹõd
genitive	nalʹlʹa	nalʹlʹojõ, nalʹlʹoi
partitive	nalʹlʹa	nalʹlʹoitõ, nalʹlʹoi
illative	nalʹlʹasõ, nalʹlʹa	nalʹlʹoisõ
inessive	nalʹlʹõz	nalʹlʹoiz
elative	nalʹlʹõssõ	nalʹlʹoissõ
allative	nalʹlʹõlõ	nalʹlʹoilõ
adessive	nalʹlʹõllõ	nalʹlʹoillõ
ablative	nalʹlʹõltõ	nalʹlʹoiltõ
translative	nalʹlʹõssi	nalʹlʹoissi
*) 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

• Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “nalʹlʹa”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn