läntü

Votic

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈlænty/, [ˈlæntʲy]
• Rhymes: -ænty
• Hyphenation: län‧tü

Noun

läntü

1. sour milk, prostokvasha

Inflection

Declension of läntü (type II/võrkko, nt-nn gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	läntü	lännüd
genitive	lännü	läntüje, läntüi
partitive	läntüä	läntüite, läntüi
illative	läntüse, läntü	läntüise
inessive	lännüz	läntüiz
elative	lännüsse	läntüisse
allative	lännüle	läntüile
adessive	lännülle	läntüille
ablative	lännülte	läntüilte
translative	lännüssi	läntüissi
*) 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

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