Votic

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ingrian köyhä.

Pronunciation

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  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈkøy̯hæ/, [ˈkʲøy̯hʲə̟]
  • Rhymes: -øy̯hæ
  • Hyphenation: köü‧he

Adjective

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köühe

  1. poor
  2. scant, meagre

Inflection

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Declension of köühe (type VIII/päive, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative köühe köühed
genitive köühä köühije, köühii
partitive köühä köühiite, köühii
illative köühäse, köühä köühiise
inessive köühez köühiiz
elative köühesse köühiisse
allative köühele köühiile
adessive köühelle köühiille
ablative köühelte köühiilte
translative köühessi köühiissi
*) 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) “köühä”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn