turvõz

Votic

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈturvɑz/, [ˈturvə̠z̥]
• Rhymes: -urvɑz̥
• Hyphenation: tur‧võz

Noun

turvõz

1. stair, step, rung
2. (in the plural) stairs, staircase
3. (in the plural) ladder

Inflection

Declension of turvõz (type XIV/ammõz, p-v gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	turvõz	turpad
genitive	turpa	turpajõ, turpai
partitive	turvõssõ	turpaitõ, turpai
illative	turpasõ, turpa	turpaisõ
inessive	turpaz	turpaiz
elative	turpassõ	turpaissõ
allative	turpalõ	turpailõ
adessive	turpallõ	turpaillõ
ablative	turpaltõ	turpailtõ
translative	turpassi	turpaissi
*) 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) “turvaz”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn