Votic edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Finnic *maksa.

Pronunciation edit

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

Noun edit

mahsõ

  1. liver

Inflection edit

Declension of mahsõ (type III/jalkõ, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative mahsõ mahsõd
genitive mahsa mahsojõ, mahsoi
partitive mahsa mahsoitõ, mahsoi
illative mahsasõ, mahsa mahsoisõ
inessive mahsõz mahsoiz
elative mahsõssõ mahsoissõ
allative mahsõlõ mahsoilõ
adessive mahsõllõ mahsoillõ
ablative mahsõltõ mahsoiltõ
translative mahsõssi 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 edit

  • Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn