mettso
Votic
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Finnic *meccoi. Cognates include Finnish metso.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editmettso
Inflection
edit| Declension of mettso (type II/võrkko, tts-ts gradation) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | mettso | metsod |
| genitive | metso | mettsojõ, mettsoi |
| partitive | mettsoa | mettsoitõ, mettsoi |
| illative | mettsosõ, mettso | mettsoisõ |
| inessive | metsoz | mettsoiz |
| elative | metsossõ | mettsoissõ |
| allative | metsolõ | mettsoilõ |
| adessive | metsollõ | mettsoillõ |
| ablative | metsoltõ | mettsoiltõ |
| translative | metsossi | mettsoissi |
| *) 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) “mettso”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn