Votic

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ingrian huima or Finnish huima.

Pronunciation

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  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈhui̯mɑ/, [ˈhui̯mə̠]
  • Rhymes: -ui̯mɑ
  • Hyphenation: hui‧mõ

Adjective

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huimõ

  1. fast, quick, rapid
  2. reckless, wild

Inflection

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Declension of huimõ (type V/poikõ, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative huimõ huimõd
genitive huima huimijõ, huimii
partitive huima huimiitõ, huimii
illative huimasõ, huima huimiisõ
inessive huimõz huimiiz
elative huimõssõ huimiissõ
allative huimõlõ huimiilõ
adessive huimõllõ huimiillõ
ablative huimõltõ huimiiltõ
translative huimõssi huimiissi
*) 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) “huima”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn