Votic edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Finnic *nëkla.

Pronunciation edit

  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈniɡlɑ/, [ˈnʲiɡɫə̠]
  • Rhymes: -iɡlɑ
  • Hyphenation: nig‧lõ

Noun edit

niglõ

  1. needle

Inflection edit

Declension of niglõ (type III/jalkõ, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative niglõ niglõd
genitive nigla niglojõ, nigloi
partitive nigla nigloitõ, nigloi
illative niglasõ, nigla nigloisõ
inessive niglõz nigloiz
elative niglõssõ nigloissõ
allative niglõlõ nigloilõ
adessive niglõllõ nigloillõ
ablative niglõltõ nigloiltõ
translative niglõssi nigloissi
*) 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) “nigla”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn