Votic edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Finnic *vakja, either of Baltic or Germanic origin.

Pronunciation edit

  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈvɑɟːɑ/, [ˈvɑɟːə̠]
  • Rhymes: -ɑɟːɑ
  • Hyphenation: vadʹ‧dʹõ

Noun edit

vadʹdʹõ

  1. pile, stake, stick

Inflection edit

Declension of vadʹdʹõ (type III/jalkõ, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative vadʹdʹõ vadʹdʹõd
genitive vadʹdʹa vadʹdʹojõ, vadʹdʹoi
partitive vadʹdʹa vadʹdʹoitõ, vadʹdʹoi
illative vadʹdʹasõ, vadʹdʹa vadʹdʹoisõ
inessive vadʹdʹõz vadʹdʹoiz
elative vadʹdʹõssõ vadʹdʹoissõ
allative vadʹdʹõlõ vadʹdʹoilõ
adessive vadʹdʹõllõ vadʹdʹoillõ
ablative vadʹdʹõltõ vadʹdʹoiltõ
translative vadʹdʹõssi vadʹdʹoissi
*) 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) Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn