vaassõ

Votic

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *vaksa.

Pronunciation

• (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈvɑːsːɑ/, [ˈvɑːsːə̠]
• Rhymes: -ɑːsːɑ
• Hyphenation: vaas‧sõ

Noun

vaassõ

1. span (unit of length)

Inflection

Declension of vaassõ (type III/jalkõ, ss-s gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	vaassõ	vaasõd
genitive	vaasa	vaassojõ, vaassoi
partitive	vaassa	vaassoitõ, vaassoi
illative	vaassasõ, vaassa	vaassoisõ
inessive	vaasõz	vaassoiz
elative	vaasõssõ	vaassoissõ
allative	vaasõlõ	vaassoilõ
adessive	vaasõllõ	vaassoillõ
ablative	vaasõltõ	vaassoiltõ
translative	vaasõssi	vaassoissi
*) 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) “vaassa”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn