Votic edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Finnic *latva.

Pronunciation edit

  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈlɑdvɑ/, [ˈɫɑdvə̠]
  • Rhymes: -ɑdvɑ
  • Hyphenation: lad‧võ

Noun edit

ladvõ

  1. treetop
  2. leaves of root vegetables

Inflection edit

Declension of ladvõ (type III/jalkõ, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative ladvõ ladvõd
genitive ladva ladvojõ, ladvoi
partitive ladva ladvoitõ, ladvoi
illative ladvasõ, ladva ladvoisõ
inessive ladvõz ladvoiz
elative ladvõssõ ladvoissõ
allative ladvõlõ ladvoilõ
adessive ladvõllõ ladvoillõ
ablative ladvõltõ ladvoiltõ
translative ladvõssi ladvoissi
*) 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) “ladva”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn