Votic edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Russian километр (kilometr).

Pronunciation edit

  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈkiloˌmetrɑ/, [ˈkʲiɫoˌmetrə̠], /kiloˈmetrɑ/, [kʲiɫoˈmetrə̠]
  • Rhymes: -etrɑ
  • Hyphenation: ki‧lo‧met‧rõ

Noun edit

kilometrõ

  1. kilometer, kilometre

Inflection edit

Declension of metrõ (type III/jalkõ, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative kilometrõ kilometrõd
genitive kilometra kilometrojõ, kilometroi
partitive kilometra kilometroitõ, kilometroi
illative kilometrasõ, kilometra kilometroisõ
inessive kilometrõz kilometroiz
elative kilometrõssõ kilometroissõ
allative kilometrõlõ kilometroilõ
adessive kilometrõllõ kilometroillõ
ablative kilometrõltõ kilometroiltõ
translative kilometrõssi kilometroissi
*) 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 edit

  • Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “kilometra”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn