iivõ

Votic

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *hiiva.

Pronunciation

• (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈiːvɑ/, [ˈiːvə̠]
• Rhymes: -iːvɑ
• Hyphenation: ii‧võ

Noun

iivõ

1. yeast
2. leaven

Inflection

Declension of iivõ (type III/jalkõ, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	iivõ	iivõd
genitive	iiva	iivojõ, iivoi
partitive	iiva	iivoitõ, iivoi
illative	iivasõ, iiva	iivoisõ
inessive	iivõz	iivoiz
elative	iivõssõ	iivoissõ
allative	iivõlõ	iivoilõ
adessive	iivõllõ	iivoillõ
ablative	iivõltõ	iivoiltõ
translative	iivõssi	iivoissi
*) 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) “iiva”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn