Votic

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *valta.

Pronunciation

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  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈvɑltɑ/, [ˈvɑɫtə̠]
  • Rhymes: -ɑltɑ
  • Hyphenation: val‧tõ

Noun

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valtõ

  1. power, might
  2. possession, ownership

Inflection

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Declension of valtõ (type III/jalkõ, lt-ll gradation)
singular plural
nominative valtõ vallõd
genitive valla valtojõ, valtoi
partitive valta valtoitõ, valtoi
illative valtasõ, valta valtoisõ
inessive vallõz valtoiz
elative vallõssõ valtoissõ
allative vallõlõ valtoilõ
adessive vallõllõ valtoillõ
ablative vallõltõ valtoiltõ
translative vallõssi valtoissi
*) 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) “valta”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn