Votic edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Finnic *rauta.

Pronunciation edit

  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈrɑu̯tɑ/, [ˈrɑu̯tə̠]
  • Rhymes: -ɑu̯tɑ
  • Hyphenation: rau‧tõ

Noun edit

rautõ

  1. iron

Inflection edit

Declension of rautõ (type III/jalkõ, t-vv gradation)
singular plural
nominative rautõ ravvõd
genitive ravva rautojõ, rautoi
partitive rauta rautoitõ, rautoi
illative rautasõ, rauta rautoisõ
inessive ravvõz rautoiz
elative ravvõssõ rautoissõ
allative ravvõlõ rautoilõ
adessive ravvõllõ rautoillõ
ablative ravvõltõ rautoiltõ
translative ravvõssi rautoissi
*) 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) Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn