Votic edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Finnic *riihi.

Pronunciation edit

  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈrihi/, [ˈrʲihʲi]
  • Rhymes: -ihi
  • Hyphenation: ri‧hi

Noun edit

rihi

  1. house, cabin, cottage
  2. main room, living room
  3. grain drying and threshing cabin

Inflection edit

Declension of rihi (type X/tuli, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative rihi rihed
genitive rihe rihije, rihii
partitive rihte rihiite, rihii
illative rihhe, rihhese rihiise
inessive rihez rihiiz
elative rihesse rihiisse
allative rihele rihiile
adessive rihelle rihiille
ablative rihelte rihiilte
translative rihessi rihiissi
*) 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) “rihi”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn