Votic edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Finnic *rëngas.

Pronunciation edit

  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈrɤŋɡɑz/, [ˈrɤŋɡə̠z̥]
  • Rhymes: -ɤŋɡɑz̥
  • Hyphenation: rõn‧gõz

Noun edit

rõngõz

  1. ring
  2. hoop

Inflection edit

Declension of rõngõz (type XIV/ammõz, nk-ng gradation)
singular plural
nominative rõngõz rõnkad
genitive rõnka rõnkajõ, rõnkai
partitive rõngõssõ rõnkaitõ, rõnkai
illative rõnkasõ, rõnka rõnkaisõ
inessive rõnkaz rõnkaiz
elative rõnkassõ rõnkaissõ
allative rõnkalõ rõnkailõ
adessive rõnkallõ rõnkaillõ
ablative rõnkaltõ rõnkailtõ
translative rõnkassi rõnkaissi
*) 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) “rõngaz”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn