Votic

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *sambas.

Pronunciation

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  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈsɑmːɑz/, [ˈsɑmːə̠z̥]
  • Rhymes: -ɑmːɑz̥
  • Hyphenation: sam‧mõz

Noun

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sammõz

  1. column, pillar

Inflection

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Declension of sammõz (type XIV/ammõz, mp-mm gradation)
singular plural
nominative sammõz sampad
genitive sampa sampajõ, sampai
partitive sammõssõ sampaitõ, sampai
illative sampasõ, sampa sampaisõ
inessive sampaz sampaiz
elative sampassõ sampaissõ
allative sampalõ sampailõ
adessive sampallõ sampaillõ
ablative sampaltõ sampailtõ
translative sampassi sampaissi
*) 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

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