Votic

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Russian сарай (saraj).

Pronunciation

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  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈsɑrɑjɑ/, [ˈsɑrɑʝə̠], /sɑˈrɑjɑ/, [sɑˈrɑʝɑ]
  • Rhymes: -ɑrɑjɑ, -ɑjɑ
  • Hyphenation: sa‧ra‧jõ

Noun

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sarajõ

  1. shed, barn

Inflection

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Declension of sarajõ (type III/jalkõ, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative sarajõ sarajõd
genitive saraja sarajojõ, sarajoi
partitive saraja sarajoitõ, sarajoi
illative sarajasõ, saraja sarajoisõ
inessive sarajõz sarajoiz
elative sarajõssõ sarajoissõ
allative sarajõlõ sarajoilõ
adessive sarajõllõ sarajoillõ
ablative sarajõltõ sarajoiltõ
translative sarajõssi sarajoissi
*) 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) “saraja”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn