Votic

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Old East Slavic вороби́и (vorobíi) +‎ -o

Pronunciation

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  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈværpo/, [ˈvʲærpo]
  • Rhymes: -ærpo
  • Hyphenation: vär‧po

Noun

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värpo

  1. sparrow (bird)

Inflection

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Declension of värpo (type II/võrkko, p-v gradation)
singular plural
nominative värpo värvod
genitive värvo värpojõ, värpoi
partitive värpoa värpoitõ, värpoi
illative värposõ, värpo värpoisõ
inessive värvoz värpoiz
elative värvossõ värpoissõ
allative värvolõ värpoilõ
adessive värvollõ värpoillõ
ablative värvoltõ värpoiltõ
translative värvossi värpoissi
*) 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) “värpo”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn