Votic

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *kuhja.

Pronunciation

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  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈkuhjɑ/, [ˈkuhʝə̠]
  • Rhymes: -uhjɑ
  • Hyphenation: kuh‧jõ

Noun

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kuhjõ

  1. hay rick, haystack

Inflection

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Declension of kuhjõ (type V/poikõ, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative kuhjõ kuhjõd
genitive kuhja kuhjijõ, kuhjii
partitive kuhja kuhjiitõ, kuhjii
illative kuhjasõ, kuhja kuhjiisõ
inessive kuhjõz kuhjiiz
elative kuhjõssõ kuhjiissõ
allative kuhjõlõ kuhjiilõ
adessive kuhjõllõ kuhjiillõ
ablative kuhjõltõ kuhjiiltõ
translative kuhjõssi kuhjiissi
*) 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) “kuhja”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn