Votic

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *varna.

Pronunciation

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  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈvɑrnɑ/, [ˈvɑrnə̠]
  • Rhymes: -ɑrnɑ
  • Hyphenation: var‧nõ

Noun

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varnõ

  1. wooden peg
  2. wooden support

Inflection

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Declension of varnõ (type III/jalkõ, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative varnõ varnõd
genitive varna varnojõ, varnoi
partitive varna varnoitõ, varnoi
illative varnasõ, varna varnoisõ
inessive varnõz varnoiz
elative varnõssõ varnoissõ
allative varnõlõ varnoilõ
adessive varnõllõ varnoillõ
ablative varnõltõ varnoiltõ
translative varnõssi varnoissi
*) 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) “varna”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn