Votic edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Russian метр (metr).

Pronunciation edit

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

Noun edit

metrõ

  1. meter, metre

Inflection edit

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 edit

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