Votic

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *siima.

Pronunciation

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  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈsiːmɑ/, [ˈsʲiːmə̠]
  • Rhymes: -iːmɑ
  • Hyphenation: sii‧mõ

Noun

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siimõ

  1. twine, string
  2. fishing line

Inflection

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Declension of siimõ (type III/jalkõ, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative siimõ siimõd
genitive siima siimojõ, siimoi
partitive siima siimoitõ, siimoi
illative siimasõ, siima siimoisõ
inessive siimõz siimoiz
elative siimõssõ siimoissõ
allative siimõlõ siimoilõ
adessive siimõllõ siimoillõ
ablative siimõltõ siimoiltõ
translative siimõssi siimoissi
*) 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) “siima”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn