autõ

Votic

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *hauta.

Pronunciation

• (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈɑu̯tɑ/, [ˈɑu̯tə̠]
• Rhymes: -ɑu̯tɑ
• Hyphenation: au‧tõ

Noun

autõ

1. pit, hole
2. underwater pool, slough
3. grave

Inflection

Declension of autõ (type III/jalkõ, t-vv gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	autõ	avvõd
genitive	avva	autojõ, autoi
partitive	auta	autoitõ, autoi
illative	autasõ, auta	autoisõ
inessive	avvõz	autoiz
elative	avvõssõ	autoissõ
allative	avvõlõ	autoilõ
adessive	avvõllõ	autoillõ
ablative	avvõltõ	autoiltõ
translative	avvõssi	autoissi
*) 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) “auta”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn