Votic

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Russian хлам (xlam).

Pronunciation

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  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈhlɑːmu/, [ˈhɫɑːmu]
  • Rhymes: -ɑːmu
  • Hyphenation: hlaa‧mu

Noun

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hlaamu

  1. trash, garbage, rubbish

Inflection

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Declension of hlaamu (type II/võrkko, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative hlaamu hlaamud
genitive hlaamu hlaamujõ, hlaamui
partitive hlaamua hlaamuitõ, hlaamui
illative hlaamusõ, hlaamu hlaamuisõ
inessive hlaamuz hlaamuiz
elative hlaamussõ hlaamuissõ
allative hlaamulõ hlaamuilõ
adessive hlaamullõ hlaamuillõ
ablative hlaamultõ hlaamuiltõ
translative hlaamussi hlaamuissi
*) 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) “hlaamu”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn