Votic

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *varma.

Pronunciation

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  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈvɑrmɑ/, [ˈvɑrmə̠]
  • Rhymes: -ɑrmɑ
  • Hyphenation: var‧mõ

Adjective

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varmõ

  1. strong, powerful
  2. sturdy, robust
  3. prosperous

Inflection

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Declension of varmõ (type III/jalkõ, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative varmõ varmõd
genitive varma varmojõ, varmoi
partitive varma varmoitõ, varmoi
illative varmasõ, varma varmoisõ
inessive varmõz varmoiz
elative varmõssõ varmoissõ
allative varmõlõ varmoilõ
adessive varmõllõ varmoillõ
ablative varmõltõ varmoiltõ
translative varmõssi varmoissi
*) 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) “varma”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn