ivuz

Votic

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *hibus.

Pronunciation

• (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈivuz/, [ˈivuz̥]
• Rhymes: -ivuz̥
• Hyphenation: i‧vuz

Noun

ivuz

1. (single) hair, strand of hair

Inflection

Declension of ivuz (type XI/jänez, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	ivuz	ivusõd
genitive	ivusõ	ivussijõ, ivussii
partitive	ivussõ	ivussiitõ, ivussii
illative	ivussõsõ	ivussiisõ
inessive	ivusõz	ivussiiz
elative	ivusõssõ	ivussiissõ
allative	ivusõlõ	ivussiilõ
adessive	ivusõllõ	ivussiillõ
ablative	ivusõltõ	ivussiiltõ
translative	ivusõssi	ivussiissi
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the genitive. ***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive.

References

• Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn