Votic edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Russian самолёт (samoljót).

Pronunciation edit

  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /sɑmɑˈʎotːi/, [sɑmɑˈʎotʲːi]
  • Rhymes: -otːi
  • Hyphenation: sa‧ma‧lʹot‧ti

Noun edit

samalʹotti

  1. airplane, aeroplane

Inflection edit

Declension of samalʹotti (type II/võrkko, tt-t gradation)
singular plural
nominative samalʹotti samalʹotid
genitive samalʹoti samalʹottijõ, samalʹottii
partitive samalʹottia samalʹottiitõ, samalʹottii
illative samalʹottisõ, samalʹotti samalʹottiisõ
inessive samalʹotiz samalʹottiiz
elative samalʹotissõ samalʹottiissõ
allative samalʹotilõ samalʹottiilõ
adessive samalʹotillõ samalʹottiillõ
ablative samalʹotiltõ samalʹottiiltõ
translative samalʹotissi samalʹottiissi
*) 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) “samalʹotti”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn