Votic edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Finnic *pinta.

Pronunciation edit

  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈpintɑ/, [ˈpʲintə̠]
  • Rhymes: -intɑ
  • Hyphenation: pin‧tõ

Noun edit

pintõ

  1. surface, top

Inflection edit

Declension of pintõ (type III/jalkõ, nt-nn gradation)
singular plural
nominative pintõ pinnõd
genitive pinna pintojõ, pintoi
partitive pinta pintoitõ, pintoi
illative pintasõ, pinta pintoisõ
inessive pinnõz pintoiz
elative pinnõssõ pintoissõ
allative pinnõlõ pintoilõ
adessive pinnõllõ pintoillõ
ablative pinnõltõ pintoiltõ
translative pinnõssi pintoissi
*) 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) “pinta”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn