Votic edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Finnic *rooja.

Pronunciation edit

  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈroːjɑ/, [ˈroːʝə̠]
  • Rhymes: -oːjɑ
  • Hyphenation: roo‧jõ

Noun edit

roojõ

  1. dirt, mud

Adjective edit

roojõ

  1. dirty

Inflection edit

Declension of roojõ (type V/poikõ, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative roojõ roojõd
genitive rooja roojijõ, roojii
partitive rooja roojiitõ, roojii
illative roojasõ, rooja roojiisõ
inessive roojõz roojiiz
elative roojõssõ roojiissõ
allative roojõlõ roojiilõ
adessive roojõllõ roojiillõ
ablative roojõltõ roojiiltõ
translative roojõssi roojiissi
*) 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) “rooja”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn