Votic

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *aisa.

Pronunciation

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  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈɑi̯sɑ/, [ˈɑi̯sə̠]
  • Rhymes: -ɑi̯sɑ
  • Hyphenation: ai‧sõ

Noun

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aisõ

  1. shaft, thill (pole used to harness an animal to a vehicle)

Inflection

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Declension of aisõ (type III/jalkõ, s-z gradation)
singular plural
nominative aisõ aizõd
genitive aiza aisojõ, aisoi
partitive aisa aisoitõ, aisoi
illative aisasõ, aisa aisoisõ
inessive aizõz aisoiz
elative aizõssõ aisoissõ
allative aizõlõ aisoilõ
adessive aizõllõ aisoillõ
ablative aizõltõ aisoiltõ
translative aizõssi aisoissi
*) 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) “aisa”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn