Votic edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Finnic *rihma.

Pronunciation edit

  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈrihmɑ/, [ˈrʲihmə̠]
  • Rhymes: -ihmɑ
  • Hyphenation: rih‧mõ

Noun edit

rihmõ

  1. rope
  2. string, thread
  3. flax thread

Inflection edit

Declension of rihmõ (type III/jalkõ, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative rihmõ rihmõd
genitive rihma rihmojõ, rihmoi
partitive rihma rihmoitõ, rihmoi
illative rihmasõ, rihma rihmoisõ
inessive rihmõz rihmoiz
elative rihmõssõ rihmoissõ
allative rihmõlõ rihmoilõ
adessive rihmõllõ rihmoillõ
ablative rihmõltõ rihmoiltõ
translative rihmõssi rihmoissi
*) 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) “rihma”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn