Votic

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *mitta.

Pronunciation

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  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈmitːɑ/, [ˈmʲitːə̠]
  • Rhymes: -itːɑ
  • Hyphenation: mit‧tõ

Noun

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mittõ

  1. measure
  2. scale, dimension

Inflection

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Declension of mittõ (type III/jalkõ, tt-t gradation)
singular plural
nominative mittõ mitad
genitive mita mittojõ, mittoi
partitive mitta mittoitõ, mittoi
illative mittasõ, mitta mittoisõ
inessive mitaz mittoiz
elative mitassõ mittoissõ
allative mitalõ mittoilõ
adessive mitallõ mittoillõ
ablative mitaltõ mittoiltõ
translative mitassi mittoissi
*) 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) “mitta”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn