jaani

Votic

Etymology

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Pronunciation

(Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈjɑːni/, [ˈʝɑːnʲi]
Rhymes: -ɑːni
Hyphenation: jaa‧ni

Noun

jaani

Midsummer Day

Inflection

Declension of jaani (type II/võrkko, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	jaani	jaanid
genitive	jaani	jaanijõ, jaanii
partitive	jaania	jaaniitõ, jaanii
illative	jaanisõ, jaani	jaaniisõ
inessive	jaaniz	jaaniiz
elative	jaanissõ	jaaniissõ
allative	jaanilõ	jaaniilõ
adessive	jaanillõ	jaaniillõ
ablative	jaaniltõ	jaaniiltõ
translative	jaanissi	jaaniissi
^) 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) “jaani”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn