Votic edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Russian запона (zapona). Akin to Ingrian sapana.

Pronunciation edit

  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈsɑpɑnɑ/, [ˈsɑpɑnə̠]
  • Rhymes: -ɑpɑnɑ
  • Hyphenation: sa‧pa‧nõ

Noun edit

sapanõ

  1. a traditional Votic married women's veil or headscarf
    Synonym: sapano

Inflection edit

Declension of sapanõ (type III/jalkõ, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative sapanõ sapanõd
genitive sapana sapanojõ, sapanoi
partitive sapana sapanoitõ, sapanoi
illative sapanasõ, sapana sapanoisõ
inessive sapanõz sapanoiz
elative sapanõssõ sapanoissõ
allative sapanõlõ sapanoilõ
adessive sapanõllõ sapanoillõ
ablative sapanõltõ sapanoiltõ
translative sapanõssi sapanoissi
*) 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) “sapana”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn