ото

See also: ото- and Appendix:Variations of "oto"

Eastern Mari

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈoto/

Noun

ото • (oto)

1. grove (small wood)

Declension

Declension of ото
	singular	plural
nominative	ото (oto)	ото-влак (oto-vlak)
accusative	отым (otym)	ото-влакым (oto-vlakym)
genitive	отын (otyn)	ото-влакын (oto-vlakyn)
dative	отылан (otylan)	ото-влаклан (oto-vlaklan)
comitative	отыге (otyge)	ото-влакге (oto-vlakge)
comparative	отыла (otyla)	ото-влакла (oto-vlakla)
inessive	отышто (otyšto)	ото-влакыште (oto-vlakyšte)
illative (short)	отыш (otyš)	ото-влакыш (oto-vlakyš)
illative (long)	отышко (otyško)	ото-влакышке (oto-vlakyške)
lative	отеш (oteš)	ото-влакеш (oto-vlakeš)

Possessed forms of ото
	singular	plural
1st person	отем (otem)	отына (otyna)
2nd person	отет (otet)	отыда (otyda)
3rd person	отыжо (otyžo)	отышт (otyšt)

References

• J. Bradley et al. (2023) “ото”, in The Mari Web Project: Mari-English Dictionary, University of Vienna

Russian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɐtə]

• Audio:

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• IPA^(key): [ɐtɐ] (before a stressed syllable)
• IPA^(key): [ətə] (after a consonant)
• IPA^(key): [ətɐ] (after a consonant and before a stressed syllable)

Preposition

ото • (oto)

1. from
2. since

Usage notes

This is a variant of от (ot) which is sometimes used before words beginning with certain consonant clusters such as льв- (lʹv-), льд- (lʹd-), льн- (lʹn-), лб- (lb-), мх- (mx-), рв- (rv-), рт- (rt-), лж- (lž-), рж- (rž-), вш- (vš-), and others.