Votic

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Etymology

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Pronunciation

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

Noun

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turvõz

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

Inflection

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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

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