Votic

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *ovi.

Pronunciation

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  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈɤvːi/, [ˈɤvʲːi]
  • Rhymes: -ɤvːi
  • Hyphenation: õv‧vi

Noun

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õvvi

  1. courtyard

Inflection

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Declension of õvvi (type VII/nimi, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative õvvi õvvõd
genitive õvvõ õvvijõ, õvvii
partitive õvvia õvviitõ, õvvii
illative õvvõsõ, õvvõ õvviisõ
inessive õvvõz õvviiz
elative õvvõssõ õvviissõ
allative õvvõlõ õvviilõ
adessive õvvõllõ õvviillõ
ablative õvvõltõ õvviiltõ
translative õvvõssi õvviissi
*) 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) “õvvi”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn