Votic edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Finnic *vilja.

Pronunciation edit

  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈviʎːɑ/, [ˈvʲiʎːə̠]
  • Rhymes: -iʎːɑ
  • Hyphenation: vilʹ‧lʹõ

Noun edit

vilʹlʹõ

  1. grain, cereal
  2. fruit

Inflection edit

Declension of vilʹlʹõ (type III/jalkõ, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative vilʹlʹõ vilʹlʹõd
genitive vilʹlʹa vilʹlʹojõ, vilʹlʹoi
partitive vilʹlʹa vilʹlʹoitõ, vilʹlʹoi
illative vilʹlʹasõ, vilʹlʹa vilʹlʹoisõ
inessive vilʹlʹõz vilʹlʹoiz
elative vilʹlʹõssõ vilʹlʹoissõ
allative vilʹlʹõlõ vilʹlʹoilõ
adessive vilʹlʹõllõ vilʹlʹoillõ
ablative vilʹlʹõltõ vilʹlʹoiltõ
translative vilʹlʹõssi vilʹlʹoissi
*) 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 edit

  • Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “vilʹlʹa”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn