Votic

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *karva.

Pronunciation

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  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈkɑrvɑ/, [ˈkɑrvə̠]
  • Rhymes: -ɑrvɑ
  • Hyphenation: kar‧võ

Noun

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karvõ

  1. hair
  2. color

Inflection

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Declension of karvõ (type III/jalkõ, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative karvõ karvõd
genitive karva karvojõ, karvoi
partitive karva karvoitõ, karvoi
illative karvasõ, karva karvoisõ
inessive karvõz karvoiz
elative karvõssõ karvoissõ
allative karvõlõ karvoilõ
adessive karvõllõ karvoillõ
ablative karvõltõ karvoiltõ
translative karvõssi karvoissi
*) 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) “karva”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn