Votic

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Etymology

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sopu +‎ -za

Pronunciation

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  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈsopuzɑ/, [ˈsopuzə̠]
  • Rhymes: -opuzɑ
  • Hyphenation: so‧pu‧zõ

Adjective

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sopuzõ

  1. amicable, peaceable

Inflection

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Declension of sopuzõ (type V/poikõ, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative sopuzõ sopuzõd
genitive sopuza sopuzijõ, sopuzii
partitive sopuza sopuziitõ, sopuzii
illative sopuzasõ, sopuza sopuziisõ
inessive sopuzõz sopuziiz
elative sopuzõssõ sopuziissõ
allative sopuzõlõ sopuziilõ
adessive sopuzõllõ sopuziillõ
ablative sopuzõltõ sopuziiltõ
translative sopuzõssi sopuziissi
*) 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) “sopuza”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn