Votic edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Finnic *ülpedä.

Pronunciation edit

  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈylpiæ̯/, [ˈylpʲiæ̯]
  • Rhymes: -ylpiæ̯
  • Hyphenation: ül‧piä

Adjective edit

ülpiä

  1. naughty, mischievous

Inflection edit

Declension of ülpiä (type VI/valka, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative ülpiä ülpiäd
genitive ülpiä ülpeije, ülpei
partitive ülpiäte ülpeite, ülpei
illative ülpiäse, ülpiä ülpeise
inessive ülpiäz ülpeiz
elative ülpiässe ülpeisse
allative ülpiäle ülpeile
adessive ülpiälle ülpeille
ablative ülpiälte ülpeilte
translative ülpiässi ülpeissi
*) 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) “ülpiä”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn