metrõ

Votic

Alternative forms

• metri

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian метр (metr).

Pronunciation

• (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈmetrɑ/, [ˈmetrə̠]
• Rhymes: -etrɑ
• Hyphenation: met‧rõ

Noun

metrõ

1. meter, metre

Inflection

Declension of metrõ (type III/jalkõ, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	metrõ	metrõd
genitive	metra	metrojõ, metroi
partitive	metra	metroitõ, metroi
illative	metrasõ, metra	metroisõ
inessive	metrõz	metroiz
elative	metrõssõ	metroissõ
allative	metrõlõ	metroilõ
adessive	metrõllõ	metroillõ
ablative	metrõltõ	metroiltõ
translative	metrõssi	metroissi
*) 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

• Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “metra”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat, 2nd edition, Tallinn