Votic edit

Votic numbers (edit)
40
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    Cardinal: nelʹlʹe
    Ordinal: nelʹlʹez

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Finnic *neljä, from Proto-Uralic *neljä.

Pronunciation edit

  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈneʎːæ/, [ˈneʎːə̟]
  • Rhymes: -eʎːæ
  • Hyphenation: nelʹ‧lʹe

Numeral edit

nelʹlʹe

  1. four

Inflection edit

Declension of nelʹlʹe (type VIII/päive, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative nelʹlʹe nelʹlʹed
genitive nelʹlʹä nelʹlʹije, nelʹlʹii
partitive nelʹlʹä nelʹlʹiite, nelʹlʹii
illative nelʹlʹäse, nelʹlʹä nelʹlʹiise
inessive nelʹlʹez nelʹlʹiiz
elative nelʹlʹesse nelʹlʹiisse
allative nelʹlʹele nelʹlʹiile
adessive nelʹlʹelle nelʹlʹiille
ablative nelʹlʹelte nelʹlʹiilte
translative nelʹlʹessi nelʹlʹiissi
*) 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) “nellä”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn