Votic

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *kaldas.

Pronunciation

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  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈkɑlːɑz/, [ˈkɑɫːə̠z̥]
  • Rhymes: -ɑlːɑz̥
  • Hyphenation: kal‧lõz

Noun

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kallõz

  1. shore, bank

Inflection

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Declension of kallõz (type XIV/ammõz, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative kallõz kallad
genitive kalla kallajõ, kallai
partitive kallõssõ kallaitõ, kallai
illative kallasõ, kalla kallaisõ
inessive kallaz kallaiz
elative kallassõ kallaissõ
allative kallalõ kallailõ
adessive kallallõ kallaillõ
ablative kallaltõ kallailtõ
translative kallassi kallaissi
*) 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) “kallaz”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn