Votic

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Russian пролив (proliv).

Pronunciation

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  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /proˈlivɑ/, [proˈlivɑ]
  • Rhymes: -ivɑ

Noun

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proliva

  1. strait, channel

Inflection

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Declension of proliva (type III/jalkõ, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative proliva prolivad
genitive proliva prolivojõ, prolivoi
partitive prolivaa prolivoitõ, prolivoi
illative prolivaasõ, prolivaa prolivoisõ
inessive prolivaz prolivoiz
elative prolivassõ prolivoissõ
allative prolivalõ prolivoilõ
adessive prolivallõ prolivoillõ
ablative prolivaltõ prolivoiltõ
translative prolivassi prolivoissi
*) 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) “proliva”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn