kaimõ

Votic

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kaima.

Pronunciation

• (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑi̯mɑ/, [ˈkɑi̯mə̠]
• Rhymes: -ɑi̯mɑ
• Hyphenation: kai‧mõ

Noun

kaimõ

1. namesake (person with the same name as another)

Inflection

Declension of kaimõ (type III/jalkõ, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	kaimõ	kaimõd
genitive	kaima	kaimojõ, kaimoi
partitive	kaima	kaimoitõ, kaimoi
illative	kaimasõ, kaima	kaimoisõ
inessive	kaimõz	kaimoiz
elative	kaimõssõ	kaimoissõ
allative	kaimõlõ	kaimoilõ
adessive	kaimõllõ	kaimoillõ
ablative	kaimõltõ	kaimoiltõ
translative	kaimõssi	kaimoissi
*) 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) “kaima”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn