Votic

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *nummi.

Pronunciation

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  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈnɤmːi/, [ˈnɤmʲːi]
  • Rhymes: -ɤmːi
  • Hyphenation: nõm‧mi

Noun

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nõmmi

  1. heath, heathland

Inflection

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Declension of nõmmi (type VII/nimi, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative nõmmi nõmmõd
genitive nõmmõ nõmmijõ, nõmmii
partitive nõmmia nõmmiitõ, nõmmii
illative nõmmõsõ, nõmmõ nõmmiisõ
inessive nõmmõz nõmmiiz
elative nõmmõssõ nõmmiissõ
allative nõmmõlõ nõmmiilõ
adessive nõmmõllõ nõmmiillõ
ablative nõmmõltõ nõmmiiltõ
translative nõmmõssi nõmmiissi
*) 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) “nõmmi”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn