Votic

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *lapida.

Pronunciation

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  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈlɑpiɑ̯/, [ˈɫɑpːiɑ̯]
  • Rhymes: -ɑpiɑ̯
  • Hyphenation: lap‧pia

Noun

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lappia

  1. shovel
  2. spade

Inflection

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Declension of lappia (type VI/valka, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative lappia lappiad
genitive lappia lappiaijõ, lappiai
partitive lappiatõ lappiaitõ, lappiai
illative lappiasõ, lappia lappiaisõ
inessive lappiaz lappiaiz
elative lappiassõ lappiaissõ
allative lappialõ lappiailõ
adessive lappiallõ lappiaillõ
ablative lappialtõ lappiailtõ
translative lappiassi lappiaissi
*) 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) “lapia”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn