Votic

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Russian флот (flot).

Pronunciation

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  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈfloːtːɑ/, [ˈfɫoːtːə̠]
  • Rhymes: -oːtːɑ
  • Hyphenation: floot‧tõ

Noun

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floottõ

  1. fleet

Inflection

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Declension of floottõ (type III/jalkõ, tt-t gradation)
singular plural
nominative floottõ flootõd
genitive floota floottojõ, floottoi
partitive flootta floottoitõ, floottoi
illative floottasõ, flootta floottoisõ
inessive flootõz floottoiz
elative flootõssõ floottoissõ
allative flootõlõ floottoilõ
adessive flootõllõ floottoillõ
ablative flootõltõ floottoiltõ
translative flootõssi floottoissi
*) 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) “flootta”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn