Votic edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Russian стару́ха (starúxa).

Pronunciation edit

  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈstɑruhɑ/, [ˈstɑruhə̠], /stɑˈruhɑ/, [stɑˈruhɑ]
  • Rhymes: -ɑruhɑ, -uhɑ
  • Hyphenation: sta‧ru‧hõ

Noun edit

staruhõ

  1. old woman

Inflection edit

Declension of staruhõ (type III/jalkõ, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative staruhõ staruhõd
genitive staruha staruhojõ, staruhoi
partitive staruha staruhoitõ, staruhoi
illative staruhasõ, staruha staruhoisõ
inessive staruhõz staruhoiz
elative staruhõssõ staruhoissõ
allative staruhõlõ staruhoilõ
adessive staruhõllõ staruhoillõ
ablative staruhõltõ staruhoiltõ
translative staruhõssi staruhoissi
*) 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 edit

  • Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “staruha”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn