Votic edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Finnic *niittü.

Pronunciation edit

  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈniːtːy/, [ˈnʲiːtʲːy]
  • Rhymes: -iːtːy
  • Hyphenation: niit‧tü

Noun edit

niittü

  1. meadow

Inflection edit

Declension of niittü (type II/võrkko, tt-t gradation)
singular plural
nominative niittü niitüd
genitive niitü niittüje, niittüi
partitive niittüä niittüite, niittüi
illative niittüse, niittü niittüise
inessive niitüz niittüiz
elative niitüsse niittüisse
allative niitüle niittüile
adessive niitülle niittüille
ablative niitülte niittüilte
translative niitüssi niittüissi
*) 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) “niittü”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn