Votic edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Finnic *otava.

Pronunciation edit

  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈɤtɑvɑ/, [ˈɤtɑvə̠]
  • Rhymes: -ɤtɑvɑ
  • Hyphenation: Õ‧ta‧võ

Proper noun edit

Õtavõ

  1. the Big Dipper

Inflection edit

Declension of Õtavõ (type V/poikõ, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative Õtavõ
genitive Õtava
partitive Õtava
illative Õtavaasõ, Õtava
inessive Õtavõz
elative Õtavassõ
allative Õtavalõõ
adessive Õtavallõ
ablative Õtavaltõ
translative Õtavassi
*) 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) “õtava”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn