herttõ

Votic

Etymology

Probably borrowed from Finnish hertta.

Pronunciation

• (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈhertːɑ/, [ˈhertːə̠]
• Rhymes: -ertːɑ
• Hyphenation: hert‧tõ

Noun

herttõ

1. hearts (card suit)

Inflection

Declension of herttõ (type III/jalkõ, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	herttõ	herttõd
genitive	hertta	herttojõ, herttoi
partitive	hertta	herttoitõ, herttoi
illative	herttasõ, hertta	herttoisõ
inessive	herttõz	herttoiz
elative	herttõssõ	herttoissõ
allative	herttõlõ	herttoilõ
adessive	herttõllõ	herttoillõ
ablative	herttõltõ	herttoiltõ
translative	herttõssi	herttoissi
*) 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) “hertta”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn