Votic

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *sooja.

Pronunciation

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  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈsoːjɑ/, [ˈsoːʝə̠]
  • Rhymes: -oːjɑ
  • Hyphenation: soo‧jõ

Adjective

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soojõ

  1. warm

Noun

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soojõ

  1. warmth

Inflection

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Declension of soojõ (type V/poikõ, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative soojõ soojõd
genitive sooja soojijõ, soojii
partitive sooja soojiitõ, soojii
illative soojasõ, sooja soojiisõ
inessive soojõz soojiiz
elative soojõssõ soojiissõ
allative soojõlõ soojiilõ
adessive soojõllõ soojiillõ
ablative soojõltõ soojiiltõ
translative soojõssi soojiissi
*) 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) “sooja”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn