Votic

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *paljo.

Pronunciation

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  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈpɑʎːo/, [ˈpɑʎːo]
  • Rhymes: -ɑʎːo
  • Hyphenation: palʹ‧lʹo

Adverb

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palʹlʹo

  1. much, a lot
  2. (interrogative) how much?

Determiner

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palʹlʹo

  1. many

Inflection

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Declension of palʹlʹo (type II/võrkko, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative palʹlʹo palʹlʹod
genitive palʹlʹo palʹlʹojõ, palʹlʹoi
partitive palʹlʹoa palʹlʹoitõ, palʹlʹoi
illative palʹlʹosõ, palʹlʹo palʹlʹoisõ
inessive palʹlʹoz palʹlʹoiz
elative palʹlʹossõ palʹlʹoissõ
allative palʹlʹolõ palʹlʹoilõ
adessive palʹlʹollõ palʹlʹoillõ
ablative palʹlʹoltõ palʹlʹoiltõ
translative palʹlʹossi palʹlʹoissi
*) 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) Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn