Votic

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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Cognates include Estonian piht.

Pronunciation

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  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈpihtɑ/, [ˈpʲihtə̠]
  • Rhymes: -ihtɑ
  • Hyphenation: pih‧tõ

Noun

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pihtõ

  1. shoulder

Inflection

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Declension of pihtõ (type III/jalkõ, ht-h gradation)
singular plural
nominative pihtõ pihad
genitive piha pihtojõ, pihtoi
partitive pihta pihtoitõ, pihtoi
illative pihtasõ, pihta pihtoisõ
inessive pihaz pihtoiz
elative pihassõ pihtoissõ
allative pihalõ pihtoilõ
adessive pihallõ pihtoillõ
ablative pihaltõ pihtoiltõ
translative pihassi pihtoissi
*) 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) “pihta”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn