Votic

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ingrian vehnä.

Pronunciation

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  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈvehnæ/, [ˈvehnʲə̟]
  • Rhymes: -ehnæ
  • Hyphenation: veh‧ne

Noun

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vehne

  1. Synonym of nisu (wheat)

Inflection

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Declension of vehne (type VIII/päive, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative vehne vehned
genitive vehnä vehnije, vehnii
partitive vehnä vehniite, vehnii
illative vehnäse, vehnä vehniise
inessive vehnez vehniiz
elative vehnesse vehniisse
allative vehnele vehniile
adessive vehnelle vehniille
ablative vehnelte vehniilte
translative vehnessi vehniissi
*) 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) “vehnä”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn