Votic

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *maksa.

Pronunciation

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  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈmɑhsɑ/, [ˈmɑhsə̠]
  • Rhymes: -ɑhsɑ
  • Hyphenation: mah‧sõ

Noun

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mahsõ

  1. liver

Inflection

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Declension of mahsõ (type III/jalkõ, s-z gradation)
singular plural
nominative mahsõ mahzõd
genitive mahza mahsojõ, mahsoi
partitive mahsa mahsoitõ, mahsoi
illative mahsasõ, mahsa mahsoisõ
inessive mahzõz mahsoiz
elative mahzõssõ mahsoissõ
allative mahzõlõ mahsoilõ
adessive mahzõllõ mahsoillõ
ablative mahzõltõ mahsoiltõ
translative mahzõssi mahsoissi
*) 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) “mahsa”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn