Votic edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Finnic *orja.

Pronunciation edit

  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈorjɑ/, [ˈorʝə̠]
  • Rhymes: -orjɑ
  • Hyphenation: or‧jõ

Noun edit

orjõ

  1. servant
  2. slave
  3. serf

Inflection edit

Declension of orjõ (type III/jalkõ, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative orjõ orjõd
genitive orja orjojõ, orjoi
partitive orja orjoitõ, orjoi
illative orjasõ, orja orjoisõ
inessive orjõz orjoiz
elative orjõssõ orjoissõ
allative orjõlõ orjoilõ
adessive orjõllõ orjoillõ
ablative orjõltõ orjoiltõ
translative orjõssi orjoissi
*) 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) “orja”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn