Votic edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Russian та́та (táta).

Pronunciation edit

  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈtɑːtːɑ/, [ˈtɑːtːə̠]
  • Rhymes: -ɑːtːɑ
  • Hyphenation: taat‧tõ

Noun edit

taattõ

  1. father, dad

Inflection edit

Declension of taattõ (type III/jalkõ, tt-t gradation)
singular plural
nominative taattõ taatõd
genitive taata taattojõ, taattoi
partitive taatta taattoitõ, taattoi
illative taattasõ, taatta taattoisõ
inessive taatõz taattoiz
elative taatõssõ taattoissõ
allative taatõlõ taattoilõ
adessive taatõllõ taattoillõ
ablative taatõltõ taattoiltõ
translative taatõssi taattoissi
*) 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) “taatta”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn