Votic edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Russian линта (linta) (modern Russian ле́нта (lénta)).

Pronunciation edit

  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈlintːɑ/, [ˈlintːə̠]
  • Rhymes: -intːɑ
  • Hyphenation: lint‧tõ

Noun edit

linttõ

  1. band, ribbon

Inflection edit

Declension of linttõ (type III/jalkõ, tt-t gradation)
singular plural
nominative linttõ lintõd
genitive linta linttojõ, linttoi
partitive lintta linttoitõ, linttoi
illative linttasõ, lintta linttoisõ
inessive lintõz linttoiz
elative lintõssõ linttoissõ
allative lintõlõ linttoilõ
adessive lintõllõ linttoillõ
ablative lintõltõ linttoiltõ
translative lintõssi linttoissi
*) 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) “lintta”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn