Votic

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *rüppü.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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rüppü

  1. skirt (part of a dress or robe, etc., that hangs below the waist)

Inflection

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Declension of rüppü (type II/võrkko, pp-p gradation)
singular plural
nominative rüppü rüpüd
genitive rüpü rüppüje, rüppüi
partitive rüppüä rüppüite, rüppüi
illative rüppüse, rüppü rüppüise
inessive rüpüz rüppüiz
elative rüpüsse rüppüisse
allative rüpüle rüppüile
adessive rüpülle rüppüille
ablative rüpülte rüppüilte
translative rüpüssi rüppüissi
*) 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) “rüppü”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn