roomõ

Votic

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *rooma.

Pronunciation

• (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈroːmɑ/, [ˈroːmə̠]
• Rhymes: -oːmɑ
• Hyphenation: roo‧mõ

Noun

roomõ

1. (usually in the plural) strap used to join the shafts of a carriage, sled etc. to the horse collar

Inflection

Declension of roomõ (type III/jalkõ, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	roomõ	roomõd
genitive	rooma	roomojõ, roomoi
partitive	rooma	roomoitõ, roomoi
illative	roomasõ, rooma	roomoisõ
inessive	roomõz	roomoiz
elative	roomõssõ	roomoissõ
allative	roomõlõ	roomoilõ
adessive	roomõllõ	roomoillõ
ablative	roomõltõ	roomoiltõ
translative	roomõssi	roomoissi
*) 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) “rooma”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn