Votic

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *urpa.

Pronunciation

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  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈurpɑ/, [ˈurpə̠]
  • Rhymes: -urpɑ
  • Hyphenation: ur‧põ

Noun

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urpõ

  1. bud (of a flower)
  2. catkin

Inflection

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Declension of urpõ (type V/poikõ, p-v gradation)
singular plural
nominative urpõ urvõd
genitive urva urpijõ, urpii
partitive urpa urpiitõ, urpii
illative urpasõ, urpa urpiisõ
inessive urvõz urpiiz
elative urvõssõ urpiissõ
allative urvõlõ urpiilõ
adessive urvõllõ urpiillõ
ablative urvõltõ urpiiltõ
translative urvõssi urpiissi
*) 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) “urpa”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn