Votic

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *roivas.

Pronunciation

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  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈroi̯vɑz/, [ˈroi̯və̠z̥]
  • Rhymes: -oi̯vɑz̥
  • Hyphenation: roi‧võz

Noun

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roivõz

  1. sheaf (of flax or hemp)

Inflection

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Declension of roivõz (type XIV/ammõz, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative roivõz roivad
genitive roiva roivajõ, roivai
partitive roivõssõ roivaitõ, roivai
illative roivasõ, roiva roivaisõ
inessive roivaz roivaiz
elative roivassõ roivaissõ
allative roivalõ roivailõ
adessive roivallõ roivaillõ
ablative roivaltõ roivailtõ
translative roivassi roivaissi
*) 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) “roivaz”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn