Votic

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *koorma. Cognate to Estonian koorem and Finnish kuorma.

Pronunciation

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  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈkoːrmɑ/, [ˈkoːrmə̠]
  • Rhymes: -oːrmɑ
  • Hyphenation: koor‧mõ

Noun

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koormõ

  1. load
  2. burden

Inflection

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Declension of koormõ (type V/poikõ, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative koormõ koormõd
genitive koorma koormijõ, koormii
partitive koorma koormiitõ, koormii
illative koormasõ, koorma koormiisõ
inessive koormõz koormiiz
elative koormõssõ koormiissõ
allative koormõlõ koormiilõ
adessive koormõllõ koormiillõ
ablative koormõltõ koormiiltõ
translative koormõssi koormiissi
*) 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) “koorma”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn