Votic edit

Etymology edit

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Compare Finnish pölly.

Pronunciation edit

  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈpølːy/, [ˈpʲølːy]
  • Rhymes: -ølːy
  • Hyphenation: pöl‧lü

Noun edit

pöllü

  1. dust

Inflection edit

Declension of pöllü (type II/võrkko, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative pöllü pöllüd
genitive pöllü pöllüje, pöllüi
partitive pöllüä pöllüite, pöllüi
illative pöllüse, pöllü pöllüise
inessive pöllüz pöllüiz
elative pöllüsse pöllüisse
allative pöllüle pöllüile
adessive pöllülle pöllüille
ablative pöllülte pöllüilte
translative pöllüssi pöllüissi
*) 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) “pöllü”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn