Votic

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *vasara.

Pronunciation

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  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈvɑsɑrɑ/, [ˈvɑsɑrə̠]
  • Rhymes: -ɑsɑrɑ
  • Hyphenation: va‧sa‧rõ

Noun

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vasarõ

  1. hammer

Inflection

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Declension of vasarõ (type III/jalkõ, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative vasarõ vasarõd
genitive vasara vasarojõ, vasaroi
partitive vasara vasaroitõ, vasaroi
illative vasarasõ, vasara vasaroisõ
inessive vasarõz vasaroiz
elative vasarõssõ vasaroissõ
allative vasarõlõ vasaroilõ
adessive vasarõllõ vasaroillõ
ablative vasarõltõ vasaroiltõ
translative vasarõssi vasaroissi
*) 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) “vasara”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn