Votic

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *rooto.

Pronunciation

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  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈroːto/, [ˈroːto]
  • Rhymes: -oːto
  • Hyphenation: roo‧to

Noun

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rooto

  1. stem (on a plant)
  2. fishbone
  3. rib

Inflection

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Declension of rooto (type II/võrkko, t-vv gradation)
singular plural
nominative rooto rovvod
genitive rovvo rootojõ, rootoi
partitive rootoa rootoitõ, rootoi
illative rootosõ, rooto rootoisõ
inessive rovvoz rootoiz
elative rovvossõ rootoissõ
allative rovvolõ rootoilõ
adessive rovvollõ rootoillõ
ablative rovvoltõ rootoiltõ
translative rovvossi rootoissi
*) 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) “rooto”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn