ravvu

Votic

Alternative forms

• ravu

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *rauha.

Pronunciation

• (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈrɑvːu/, [ˈrɑvːu]
• Rhymes: -ɑvːu
• Hyphenation: rav‧vu

Noun

ravvu

1. gland

Inflection

Declension of ravvu (type II/võrkko, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	ravvu	ravvud
genitive	ravvu	ravvujõ, ravvui
partitive	ravvua	ravvuitõ, ravvui
illative	ravvusõ, ravvu	ravvuisõ
inessive	ravvuz	ravvuiz
elative	ravvussõ	ravvuissõ
allative	ravvulõ	ravvuilõ
adessive	ravvullõ	ravvuillõ
ablative	ravvultõ	ravvuiltõ
translative	ravvussi	ravvuissi
*) 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

• Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “ravu”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn