Votic

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *kalma.

Pronunciation

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  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈkɑlmɑ/, [ˈkɑɫmə̠]
  • Rhymes: -ɑlmɑ
  • Hyphenation: kal‧mõ

Noun

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kalmõ

  1. Synonym of kalmo

Inflection

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Declension of kalmõ (type III/jalkõ, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative kalmõ kalmõd
genitive kalma kalmojõ, kalmoi
partitive kalma kalmoitõ, kalmoi
illative kalmasõ, kalma kalmoisõ
inessive kalmõz kalmoiz
elative kalmõssõ kalmoissõ
allative kalmõlõ kalmoilõ
adessive kalmõllõ kalmoillõ
ablative kalmõltõ kalmoiltõ
translative kalmõssi kalmoissi
*) 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) “kalma”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn