Votic

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *lehmä.

Pronunciation

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  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈlehmæ/, [ˈlehmʲə̟]
  • Rhymes: -ehmæ
  • Hyphenation: leh‧me

Noun

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lehme

  1. cow

Inflection

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Declension of lehme (type VIII/päive, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative lehme lehmed
genitive lehmä lehmije, lehmii
partitive lehmä lehmiite, lehmii
illative lehmäse, lehmä lehmiise
inessive lehmez lehmiiz
elative lehmesse lehmiisse
allative lehmele lehmiile
adessive lehmelle lehmiille
ablative lehmelte lehmiilte
translative lehmessi lehmiissi
*) 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) Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn