Votic

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Etymology

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Proto-Finnic *pektädäk +‎ -u

Pronunciation

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  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈpetːy/, [ˈpetʲːy]
  • Rhymes: -etːy
  • Hyphenation: pet‧tü

Noun

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pettü

  1. buttermilk
    Synonym: pettüpiime

Inflection

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Declension of pettü (type II/võrkko, tt-t gradation)
singular plural
nominative pettü petüd
genitive petü pettüje, pettüi
partitive pettüä pettüite, pettüi
illative pettüse, pettü pettüise
inessive petüz pettüiz
elative petüsse pettüisse
allative petüle pettüile
adessive petülle pettüille
ablative petülte pettüilte
translative petüssi pettüissi
*) 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) “pettü”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn