laitõ

Votic

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *laita.

Pronunciation

• (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈlɑi̯tɑ/, [ˈɫɑi̯tə̠]
• Rhymes: -ɑi̯tɑ
• Hyphenation: lai‧tõ

Noun

laitõ

1. side of a boat
2. hull plank (a wooden plank that makes up the sides of a boat)

Inflection

Declension of laitõ (type III/jalkõ, t-jj gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	laitõ	laijjõd
genitive	laijja	laitojõ, laitoi
partitive	laita	laitoitõ, laitoi
illative	laitasõ, laita	laitoisõ
inessive	laijjõz	laitoiz
elative	laijjõssõ	laitoissõ
allative	laijjõlõ	laitoilõ
adessive	laijjõllõ	laitoillõ
ablative	laijjõltõ	laitoiltõ
translative	laijjõssi	laitoissi
*) 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) “laita”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn