Votic

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *vihta.

Pronunciation

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  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈvihtɑ/, [ˈvʲihtə̠]
  • Rhymes: -ihtɑ
  • Hyphenation: vih‧tõ

Noun

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vihtõ

  1. bath broom
  2. broom

Inflection

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Declension of vihtõ (type V/poikõ, ht-h gradation)
singular plural
nominative vihtõ vihad
genitive viha vihtijõ, vihtii
partitive vihta vihtiitõ, vihtii
illative vihtasõ, vihta vihtiisõ
inessive vihaz vihtiiz
elative vihassõ vihtiissõ
allative vihalõ vihtiilõ
adessive vihallõ vihtiillõ
ablative vihaltõ vihtiiltõ
translative vihassi vihtiissi
*) 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) “vihta”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn