Votic

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Russian конфета (konfeta).

Pronunciation

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  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /kɑnˈfetːi/, [kɑnˈfetʲːi]
  • Rhymes: -etːi
  • Hyphenation: kan‧fet‧ti

Noun

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kanfetti

  1. sweet, candy

Inflection

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Declension of kanfetti (type II/võrkko, tt-t gradation)
singular plural
nominative kanfetti kanfetid
genitive kanfeti kanfettijõ, kanfettii
partitive kanfettia kanfettiitõ, kanfettii
illative kanfettisõ, kanfetti kanfettiisõ
inessive kanfetiz kanfettiiz
elative kanfetissõ kanfettiissõ
allative kanfetilõ kanfettiilõ
adessive kanfetillõ kanfettiillõ
ablative kanfetiltõ kanfettiiltõ
translative kanfetissi kanfettiissi
*) 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) “kanfetti”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn