Votic

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *meelet'oin. Equivalent to meeli +‎ -too.

Pronunciation

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  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈmeːletoː/, [ˈmeːleto]
  • Rhymes: -eːletoː
  • Hyphenation: mee‧le‧to

Adjective

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meeleto

  1. frenzied, out of one's mind
  2. mad, crazy

Inflection

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Declension of meeleto (type XIII/seeme, tt-t gradation)
singular plural
nominative meeleto meelettomõd
genitive meelettomõ meelettomijõ, meelettomii
partitive meeletottõ meelettomiitõ, meelettomii
illative meelettomma, meelettommasõ meelettomiisõ
inessive meelettomõz meelettomiiz
elative meelettomõssõ meelettomiissõ
allative meelettomõlõ meelettomiilõ
adessive meelettomõllõ meelettomiillõ
ablative meelettomõltõ meelettomiiltõ
translative meelettomõssi meelettomiissi
*) 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