vittsõ

Votic

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *vicca, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *wiþjǭ.

Pronunciation

• (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈvit͡sːɑ/, [ˈvʲit͡sːə̠]
• Rhymes: -it͡sːɑ
• Hyphenation: vit‧tsõ

Noun

vittsõ

1. cane, birch rod (for whipping)
2. twig
3. wire

Inflection

Declension of vittsõ (type III/jalkõ, tts-ts gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	vittsõ	vitsad
genitive	vitsa	vittsojõ, vittsoi
partitive	vittsa	vittsoitõ, vittsoi
illative	vittsasõ, vittsa	vittsoisõ
inessive	vitsaz	vittsoiz
elative	vitsassõ	vittsoissõ
allative	vitsalõ	vittsoilõ
adessive	vitsallõ	vittsoillõ
ablative	vitsaltõ	vittsoiltõ
translative	vitsassi	vittsoissi
*) 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

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