Votic

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *kivi, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *kiwe.

Pronunciation

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  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃivi/, [ˈt͡ʃivʲi]
  • Rhymes: -ivi
  • Hyphenation: tši‧vi

Noun

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tšivi

  1. stone, rock

Inflection

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Declension of tšivi (type VII/nimi, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative tšivi tšived
genitive tšive tšivije, tšivii
partitive tšivviä tšiviite, tšivii
illative tšivvese, tšivve tšiviise
inessive tšivez tšiviiz
elative tšivesse tšiviisse
allative tšivele tšiviile
adessive tšivelle tšiviille
ablative tšivelte tšiviilte
translative tšivessi tšiviissi
*) 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) “tšivi”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn