tappurõ

Votic

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *tappura.

Pronunciation

• (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈtɑpːurɑ/, [ˈtɑpːurə̠]
• Rhymes: -ɑpːurɑ
• Hyphenation: tap‧pu‧rõ

Noun

tappurõ

1. (usually in the plural) oakum, tow (short bundles of fibers)

Inflection

Declension of tappurõ (type II/võrkko, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	tappurõ	tappurõd
genitive	tappurõ	tappurõjõ, tappurõi
partitive	tappurõa	tappurõitõ, tappurõi
illative	tappurõsõ, tappurõ	tappurõisõ
inessive	tappurõz	tappurõiz
elative	tappurõssõ	tappurõissõ
allative	tappurõlõ	tappurõilõ
adessive	tappurõllõ	tappurõillõ
ablative	tappurõltõ	tappurõiltõ
translative	tappurõssi	tappurõissi
*) 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

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