allõ

Votic

Pronunciation

• (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈɑlːɑ/, [ˈɑɫːə̠]
• Rhymes: -ɑlːɑ
• Hyphenation: al‧lõ

Etymology 1

From the adessive singular of Proto-Finnic *ala. Cognate with Estonian all and Finnish alla.

Preposition

allõ (genitive + ~)

1. (static) under, beneath

Postposition

allõ (~ + genitive)

1. (static) under, beneath
2. before

Etymology 2

From Proto-Finnic *halla.

Noun

allõ

1. night frost

Inflection

Declension of allõ (type III/jalkõ, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	allõ	allõd
genitive	alla	allojõ, alloi
partitive	alla	alloitõ, alloi
illative	allasõ, alla	alloisõ
inessive	allõz	alloiz
elative	allõssõ	alloissõ
allative	allõlõ	alloilõ
adessive	allõllõ	alloillõ
ablative	allõltõ	alloiltõ
translative	allõssi	alloissi
*) 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

• Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “alla”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn