Ingrian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *voodëk.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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voovve

  1. (obsolete) Synonym of alus (bedding)

Declension

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Declension of voovve (type 6/lähe, oot-oovv gradation)
singular plural
nominative voovve vooteet
genitive vooteen vootein
partitive voovvetta vooteita
illative vooteesse vooteisse
inessive vootees vooteis
elative vooteest vooteist
allative vooteelle vooteille
adessive vooteel vooteil
ablative vooteelt vooteilt
translative vooteeks vooteiks
essive vooteenna, vooteen vooteinna, vootein
exessive1) vooteent vooteint
1) obsolete
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

References

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  • Fedor Tumansky (1790) “водетъ”, in Опытъ повѣствованїя о дѣянїях, положенїи, состоянїи и раздѣленїи Санкт-Петербургской губернїи [An experiment of an account of the acts, location, condition and division of the Saint Petersburg gubernia], Краткїй словарь ижерскаго, финскаго, эстонскаго, чюдскаго, и ямскаго нарѣчїя съ россїйскимъ переводомъ [A short dictionary of the Ingrian, Finnish, Estonian, Chud and Yamtian dialects with a Russian translation], page 697