Votic edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Finnic *arpa.

Pronunciation edit

  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈɑrpɑ/, [ˈɑrpə̠]
  • Rhymes: -ɑrpɑ
  • Hyphenation: ar‧põ

Noun edit

arpõ

  1. lot (something cast or drawn to determine a question by chance)

Inflection edit

Declension of arpõ (type III/jalkõ, p-v gradation)
singular plural
nominative arpõ arvõd
genitive arva arpojõ, arpoi
partitive arpa arpoitõ, arpoi
illative arpasõ, arpa arpoisõ
inessive arvõz arpoiz
elative arvõssõ arpoissõ
allative arvõlõ arpoilõ
adessive arvõllõ arpoillõ
ablative arvõltõ arpoiltõ
translative arvõssi arpoissi
*) 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) “arpa”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn