Votic edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Finnic *vasara.

Pronunciation edit

  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈvɑsɑrɑ/, [ˈvɑsɑrə̠]
  • Rhymes: -ɑsɑrɑ
  • Hyphenation: va‧sa‧rõ

Noun edit

vasarõ

  1. hammer

Inflection edit

Declension of vasarõ (type III/jalkõ, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative vasarõ vasarõd
genitive vasara vasarojõ, vasaroi
partitive vasara vasaroitõ, vasaroi
illative vasaraasõ, vasara vasaroisõ
inessive vasarõz vasaroiz
elative vasarassõ vasaroissõ
allative vasaralõõ vasaroilõ
adessive vasarallõ vasaroillõ
ablative vasaraltõ vasaroiltõ
translative vasarassi vasaroissi
*) 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) “vasara”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn