Votic

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Etymology

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kala +‎ meez

Pronunciation

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  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈkɑlɑˌmeːz/, [ˈkɑɫɑˌmeːz̥]
  • Rhymes: -eːz̥
  • Hyphenation: ka‧la‧meez

Noun

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kalameez

  1. fisher, fisherman

Inflection

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Declension of kalameez (type XIV/ammõz, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative kalameez kalamehed
genitive kalamehe kalamehije, kalamehii
partitive kalameesse kalamehiite, kalamehii
illative kalamehhese, kalamehhe kalamehiise
inessive kalamehez kalamehiiz
elative kalamehesse kalamehiisse
allative kalamehele kalamehiile
adessive kalamehelle kalamehiille
ablative kalamehelte kalamehiilte
translative kalamehessi kalamehiissi
*) 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) “kalameez”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn