Votic

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Etymology

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Pronunciation

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  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈsisɑvɑ/, [ˈsʲisɑvə̠]
  • Rhymes: -isɑvɑ
  • Hyphenation: si‧sa‧võ

Noun

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sisavõ

  1. nightingale

Inflection

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Declension of sisavõ (type III/jalkõ, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative sisavõ sisavõd
genitive sisava sisavojõ, sisavoi
partitive sisava sisavoitõ, sisavoi
illative sisavasõ, sisava sisavoisõ
inessive sisavõz sisavoiz
elative sisavõssõ sisavoissõ
allative sisavõlõ sisavoilõ
adessive sisavõllõ sisavoillõ
ablative sisavõltõ sisavoiltõ
translative sisavõssi sisavoissi
*) 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) “sisava”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn